# Iowa Code § 190A.2: Definitions > Iowa · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C190A_S190A.2 ## Section - **Citation:** Iowa Code § 190A.2 - **Heading:** Definitions - **Jurisdiction:** Iowa - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** IA Code / Title V / Chapter 190A / Section 190A.2 ## Text 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 ## Nearby sections - [Iowa Code § 190A.1 Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C190A_S190A.1.md) - [Iowa Code § 190A.2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C190A_S190A.2.md) - [Iowa Code § 190A.3 Goals and strategies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C190A_S190A.3.md) - [Iowa Code § 190A.4 Agency cooperation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C190A_S190A.4.md) - [Iowa Code § 190A.5 Farm-to-school fund.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C190A_S190A.5.md) - [Iowa Code § 190A.6 Farm-to-school program.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C190A_S190A.6.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C190A_S190A.2. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.