As used in this act:

1. "Bulk meat" means beef sold by hanging weight, consisting of whole carcasses and the following primal cuts:

a."side of beef" means chuck and rib with plate and brisket removed,

b."front quarter of beef" means the forward portion of a side, back to and including the twelfth rib,

c."back of beef" means chuck and rib with plate and brisket removed,

d."arm chuck of beef" means arm chuck with brisket removed, back to and including the fifth rib,

e."rib of beef" means from the sixth to the twelfth rib, inclusive, not to exceed ten inches from tip of chine bone to top of rib without plate,

f."hindquarter of beef" means the rear section of a side from and including the thirteenth rib, consisting of round, loin and flank,

g."trimmed loin of beef" means short loin and hip or sirloin, and that section of hindquarter including thirteenth rib and separated one (1) inch to two (2) inches below aitchbone, without flank or kidney,

h."full loin of beef" means loin of beef, including flank and kidney, and

i."round of beef" means that portion of hindquarter separated from loin one (1) inch to two (2) inches below aitchbone back to shin bone;

2. "Buyer" means both actual and prospective purchasers but does not include persons purchasing for resale;

3. "Food plan" means any plan offering meat for sale or the offering of such product in combination with each other or with any other food or nonfood product or service for a single price;

4. "Livestock" means cattle, calves, sheep, swine, ratite birds including but not limited to ostrich and emu, aquatic animal products, llamas, alpaca, buffalo, bison, elk documented as obtained from a legal source and not from the wild, goats, horses, other equines or rabbits raised in confinement for human consumption;

5. "Meat" means any edible portion of livestock, poultry or captive cervid carcass or part thereof;

6. "Misrepresent" means the use of any untrue, misleading or deceptive oral or written statement, advertisement, label, display, picture, illustration or sample;

7. "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity;

8. "Poultry" means any domestic bird intended for human consumption;

9. "Represent" means the use of any form of oral or written statement, advertisement, label, display, picture, illustration or sample; and

10. "Seller" means any person league, franchise, franchisee, franchisor or any authorized representative or agent thereof who offers meat or combinations of such items, for retail purchase to the public for preparation and consumption off the premises where sold or for direct purchase by an individual at his or her residence.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 180, § 1.