Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-10-2-.02 - Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words shall have the meaning stated below, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a) Board. The State Board of Agriculture and
Industries.
(b) Commissioner. The
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his designated
representative.
(c) Infested. The
actual presence of a pest of sweet potatoes, or circumstances which make it
reasonable to believe that such are present.
(d) Pest(s). Any infectious, contagious, or
harmful agent, disease or disorder of sweet potatoes, including but not limited
to, those incited by bacteria, fungi, viruses, mycoplasmas, nematodes, mites,
insects, protozoa, weeds, or any organisms similar to or allied with any of the
foregoing.
(e) Sweet Potato. Vines,
cuttings, slips, draws, roots, and any other vegetatively propagated part of
the plant, Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam.
(f) Sweet Potato Grower. Any individual,
corporation, or company who grows Sweet Potato seed, plants or table stock for
the purpose of distribution, sale or movement away from the farm on which such
Sweet Potatoes were grown or produced.
(g) Sweet Potato Dealer. Any individual,
corporation, company, society, association or other business entity, not a
grower of sweet potatoes, who buys, receives on consignment, or otherwise
acquires and has in his possession sweet potatoes for the purpose of offering
or exposing same for sale, reselling, reshipping or distributing.
(h) Sweet Potato Plant Certificate Tag. A
tag, of various colors, issued by the commissioner, indicating that the sweet
potato plants on which the tag is issued were produced in a manner consistent
with this Chapter.
(i) Sweet Potato
Plant Certificate Tag. A tag, of various colors, issued by the commissioner,
indicating that the sweet potato plants on which the tag is issued were
produced in a manner consistent with this Chapter.
(j) Sweet Potato Plant Certificate Tape.
Fabric tape of various colors, correspondent to those of (8) above, issued by
the commissioner, indicating that the sweet potato plants on which the tape is
issued were produced in a manner consistent with this Chapter.
(k) Sweet Potato Green Tag. A tag, green in
color, issued to Sweet Potato producers indicating compliance with Alabama
sweet potato certification rules.
Notes
Author: Charles H. Barnes, Robert J. Russell
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยงยง 2-25-1, et seq.
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