KRS 247.4453: Definitions.

As used in KRS 247.4451 to 247.4483, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;

(2) "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;

(3) "Producer" means every person who produces milk and causes the same to be

marketed as milk;

(4) "New producer" means a producer who was not engaged in the business of

producing milk at the time a referendum was conducted in accordance with the

provisions of KRS 247.4451 to 247.4483;

(5) "Person" means any individual, corpo ration, partnership, association, cooperative,

or other business entity;

(6) "Milk" means milk from cows and all of its natural components; and

(7) "Purchaser" means any person, including any distributor, processor, or bulk milk

handler, who purchases or r eceives on consignment milk within the state for sale,

shipment, storage, processing, or manufacture.