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Ark. Code Ann. § 2-1-302

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As used in this subchapter: (1) "Agricultural product" means a horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, or bee product or any other farm, ranch, plantation, or range product; (2) "Beef" means the flesh of a domesticated bovine, such as a steer or cow, that is edible by humans; (3) "Beef product" means an agricultural product that is edible by humans and produced in whole or in part from beef, including without limitation beef jerky, beef patties, chopped beef, fabricated steak, hamburger, ground beef, ribs, and roast; (4) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container or wrapper in which an agricultural product that is edible by humans is offered for direct retail sale; (5) "Labeling" means the act of identifying, describing, or advertising an agricultural product that is edible by humans by means of the label or through other means; (6) "Livestock" means swine, bovine, sheep, and goat; (7) (A) "Meat" means a portion of a livestock, poultry, or cervid carcass that is edible by humans. (B) "Meat" does not include a: (i) Synthetic product derived from a plant, insect, or other source; or (ii) Product grown in a laboratory from animal cells; (8) "Meat product" means an agricultural product that is edible by humans and made wholly or in part from meat or another portion of a livestock, poultry, or cervid carcass; (9) "Misbrand" means to identify an agricultural product edible by humans in a false or misleading way; (10) "Misrepresent" means to use any untrue, misleading, or deceptive oral or written statement, advertising, label, display, picture, illustration, or sample; (11) "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, firm, company, or other entity doing business in Arkansas; (12) "Pork" means the flesh of a domesticated swine that is edible by humans; (13) "Pork product" means an agricultural product that is edible by humans and produced in whole or in part from pork, including without limitation bacon, bratwurst, ground pork, ham, pork chops, ribs, roast, and sausage; (14) "Poultry" means a domesticated bird that is edible by humans; and (15) "Rice" means the whole, broken, or ground kernels or by-products obtained from the species Oryza sativa L. or Oryza glaberrima, or wild rice, which is obtained from one (1) of the four (4) species of grasses from the genus Zizania or Porteresia. Amended by Act 2021, No. 464,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 464,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021. Added by Act 2019, No. 501,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Agricultural product" means a horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, or bee product or any other farm, ranch, plantation, or range product;

(2) "Beef" means the flesh of a domesticated bovine, such as a steer or cow, that is edible by humans;

(3) "Beef product" means an agricultural product that is edible by humans and produced in whole or in part from beef, including without limitation beef jerky, beef patties, chopped beef, fabricated steak, hamburger, ground beef, ribs, and roast;

(4) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container or wrapper in which an agricultural product that is edible by humans is offered for direct retail sale;

(5) "Labeling" means the act of identifying, describing, or advertising an agricultural product that is edible by humans by means of the label or through other means;

(6) "Livestock" means swine, bovine, sheep, and goat;
y of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container or wrapper in which an agricultural product that is edible by humans is offered for direct retail sale;

(5) "Labeling" means the act of identifying, describing, or advertising an agricultural product that is edible by humans by means of the label or through other means;

(6) "Livestock" means swine, bovine, sheep, and goat;

(7) (A) "Meat" means a portion of a livestock, poultry, or cervid carcass that is edible by humans. (B) "Meat" does not include a: (i) Synthetic product derived from a plant, insect, or other source; or (ii) Product grown in a laboratory from animal cells;

(A) "Meat" means a portion of a livestock, poultry, or cervid carcass that is edible by humans.

(B) "Meat" does not include a: (i) Synthetic product derived from a plant, insect, or other source; or (ii) Product grown in a laboratory from animal cells;

(i) Synthetic product derived from a plant, insect, or other source; or

(ii) Product grown in a laboratory from animal cells;

(8) "Meat product" means an agricultural product that is edible by humans and made wholly or in part from meat or another portion of a livestock, poultry, or cervid carcass;

(9) "Misbrand" means to identify an agricultural product edible by humans in a false or misleading way;

(10) "Misrepresent" means to use any untrue, misleading, or deceptive oral or written statement, advertising, label, display, picture, illustration, or sample;

(11) "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, firm, company, or other entity doing business in Arkansas;

(12) "Pork" means the flesh of a domesticated swine that is edible by humans;

(13) "Pork product" means an agricultural product that is edible by humans and produced in whole or in part from pork, including without limitation bacon, bratwurst, ground pork, ham, pork chops, ribs, roast, and sausage;

(14) "Poultry" means a domesticated bird that is edible by humans; and

(15) "Rice" means the whole, broken, or ground kernels or by-products obtained from the species Oryza sativa L. or Oryza glaberrima, or wild rice, which is obtained from one (1) of the four (4) species of grasses from the genus Zizania or Porteresia.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 464,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 464,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.

Added by Act 2019, No. 501,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.

Status: in_force

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