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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this subchapter:
(1)(A) “Agency” means an entity that receives at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year from the state and offers a food service program.
(B) “Agency” includes without limitation:
(i) An institution of higher education;
(ii) A child care facility;
(iii) A state park;
(iv) An after-school program;
(v) A state agency or other entity of the state;
(vi) A designee under contract to provide a food service program for an agency; and
(vii) A designee under contract to provide wholesale local farm or food products for an agency;
(2)(A) “Distributor” means a person or entity involved in marketing and distributing local farm or food products to another entity, including without limitation to:
(i) A restaurant;
(ii) A healthcare facility;
(iii) An educational institution;
(iv) A hospitality business, including without limitation a hotel or inn;
(v) A government entity; or
(vi) An agency.
(B) “Distributor” includes a person or entity that provides food products at wholesale to another company that provides or manages a food service program;
(3) “Food product” means a substance, whether in liquid, concentrated, solid, frozen, dried, or dehydrated form, that is sold for ingestion or chewing by humans and is consumed for its taste or nutritional value;
(4)(A) “Food service program” means the preparation and consumption of food products at an on-site cafeteria.
(B) “Food service program” does not include catered events, franchises, or privately owned third-party vendors that do not serve as the primary provider for the delivery of food products on behalf of an agency; and
(5) “Local farm or food products” means food products that are grown in Arkansas or packaged and processed in Arkansas, or both.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 15. Natural Resources and Economic Development § 15-4-3803. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-15-natural-resources-and-economic-development/ar-code-sect-15-4-3803/
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