Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.

(2) “Food animal” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species; a turkey, chicken, or other type of poultry; a farm deer as defined in section 170.1; a fish or other aquatic organism confined in private waters for human consumption; or a bee as defined in section 160.1A.

(3) “Food commodity” means any of the following:

(3) (a) A food animal that is to be slaughtered or harvested and that is to be processed into a food product.

(3) (b) An item regularly generated by a food animal, including milk, eggs, or honey, that has been collected, and that is to be processed into a food product.

(3) (c) Sap, whole nuts, or whole produce, including vegetables or fruit, that has been harvested and that is to be processed into a food product.

(4) “Food product” means a perishable or nonperishable product derived from processing a food commodity to be fit for human consumption, including but not limited to cuts of meat, poultry, or fish; shelled aquatic items; pasteurized milk or dairy products; washed shelled eggs; honey; maple syrup; cleaned unshelled or shelled nuts; washed whole produce; and washed and cut produce.

(5) “Fund” means the farm-to-school fund created in section 190A.5.

(6) “Process” means to prepare a food commodity in a manner that allows it to be sold to consumers as a food product, including by altering the form or identity of the food commodity; trimming, cutting, cleaning, drying, freezing, filtering, sorting, or shelling the food commodity; or packaging the food commodity.

(7) “Program” means the farm-to-school program created in section 190A.6.

(8) “School” means a public school or nonpublic school, as those terms are defined in section 280.2, or that portion of a public school or nonpublic school that provides facilities for teaching any grade from kindergarten through grade twelve.

(9) “School district” means a school district as described in chapter 274.

2021 Acts, ch 149, §5