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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in the Flour and Bread Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
A. “flour” means foods commonly known in the milling and baking industries as:
(1) white flour, also known as wheat flour or plain flour;
(2) bromated flour;
(3) self-rising flour, also known as self-rising white flour or self-rising wheat flour; and
(4) phosphated flour, also known as phosphated white flour or phosphated wheat flour, but excludes whole wheat flour and also excludes special flours not used for bread, roll, bun or biscuit baking, such as specialty cake, pancake and pastry flours;
B. “white bread” means any bread made with flour as defined in Subsection A of this section, whether baked in a pan or on a hearth or screen, which is commonly known or usually represented and sold as white bread, including Vienna bread, French bread and Italian bread;
C. “rolls” includes plain white rolls and buns of the semi-bread dough type, namely: soft rolls such as hamburger rolls, hot dog rolls and Parker House rolls and hard rolls such as Vienna rolls and Kaiser rolls, but shall not include yeast-raised sweet rolls or sweet buns made with fillings or coatings such as cinnamon rolls or buns and butterfly rolls;
D. “board” means the environmental improvement board;
E. “director” means the director of the division or his authorized representative;
F. “division” means the environmental improvement division of the health and environment department [department of environment]; and
G. “person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust or any group of persons whether incorporated or not engaged in the commercial manufacture or sale of flour, white bread or rolls.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 25. Food § 25-5-1. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-25-food/nm-st-sect-25-5-1/
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