N.D. Cent. Code § 4.1-05-01: Definitions

As used in this chapter:

1."Commission" means the North Dakota dairy promotion commission.

2."Dairy product" means a product for human consumption which is derived from the processing of milk from a healthy four-legged hooved mammal. The term includes a milk product normally consumed in liquid form as a beverage.

3."Dealer" means any person that handles, ships, buys, or sells dairy products, or who acts as a sales or purchasing agent, broker, or factor of dairy products.

4."Gross receipts" means the amount paid to a producer for milk or for a product derived from milk and sold by such producer.

5."Milk" means the lacteal secretion, practically free of colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of a healthy hooved mammal, including any member of the order Cetartiodactyla and including a member of the family:

a.Bovidae, including cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, and yaks;

b.Cervidae, including deer, reindeer, and moose;

c.Equidae, including horses and donkeys; and

d.Camelidae, including llamas, alpacas, and camels.

6."Processor" means a person that takes delivery of milk or cream and then:

a.Cans, dries, prepares, or packages the milk or cream; or

b.Produces another product from the milk or cream.

7."Producer" means a person engaged in the production of milk from a four-legged mammal for commercial use.