Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 56801. Section 56801.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
ARTICLE 1. Definitions [56801. - 56810.]
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 1.
in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 56802. Section 56802.
“Association” means an association of produce dealers which is organized to carry out the responsibilities of produce dealers which are imposed by this chapter.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 56803. Section 56803.
“City” includes city and county.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 56804. Section 56804.
“Commissioner,” with respect to any matter which relates to a particular market, means the deputy labor commissioner who is in charge of the office of the Labor Commissioner which is located nearest to that market.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 56805. Section 56805.
“Director” means the Director of Industrial Relations.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 56806. Section 56806.
“Farm product” means any fruit, nut, vegetable, berry, or aquacultural product.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 56807. Section 56807.
“Market” means the places of business, collectively, of produce dealers that operate in a city, or the vicinity of a city, and that deal in any farm product which is intended, in whole or in part, for ultimate sale for consumption in a fresh state within the city and the vicinity of the city. This chapter applies only to markets in which five or more produce dealers operate.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 56808. Section 56808.
“Produce dealer” includes “commission merchant,” as defined in Section 56105, and “dealer,” as defined in Section 56107. It does not, however, include a “broker,” as defined in Section 56103, nor “processor,” as defined in Section 55407.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 56809. Section 56809.
“Registered unloader” means a person who unloads any farm product in a market. It does not, however, include any of the following:
(a)
A producer of farm products, or his or her son or daughter, father, mother, or regularly employed employee.
(b)
The operator of any vehicle which is engaged in the transporation of any farm product to market if the operation of such vehicle is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission and the rate which is charged for such transporation includes the charge for unloading the farm product which is so transported.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 56810. Section 56810.
“Union” means the labor union which has been recognized by the National Labor Relations Board, or other governmental agency which has jurisdiction, as the bargaining agency for employees who are employed in a market.
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