7 CFR § 1150.271 - Definitions.

As used in this subpart:

(a) Act means Title I, Subtitle B, of the Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983, Pub. L. 98–180, 97 Stat. 1128, as approved November 29, 1983, and any amendments thereto;

(b) Department means the United States Department of Agriculture;

(c) Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated to act in the Secretary's stead;

(d) Dairy Division means the Dairy Division of the Department's Agricultural Marketing Service;

(e) Producer means any person engaged in the production of milk for commercial use;

(f) Dairy products means products manufactured for human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk, and includes fluid milk products; and

(g) Fluid milk products means those milk products normally consumed in liquid form as a beverage.