§ 190A.2 — Definitions

Iowa § 190A.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title V: AGRICULTURE
• Ch. 190A: FARM-TO-SCHOOL ACT

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
2. “Food animal” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine
species; a turkey, chicken, or other type of poultry; a farm deer as defined in section 170.1; a
fish or other aquatic organism confined in private waters for human consumption; or a bee
as defined in section 160.1A.
3. “Food commodity” means any of the following:
a. A food animal that is to be slaughtered or harvested and that is to be processed into a
food product.
b. An item regularly generated by a food animal, including milk, eggs, or honey, that has
been collected, and that is to be processed into a food product.
c. Sap, whole nuts, or whole produce, including vegetables or fruit, that has been
harvested and that is to be processed into a food product.
4. “Food product” means a perishable or nonperishable product derived from processing
a food commodity to be fit for human consumption, including but not limited to cuts of meat,
poultry, or fish; shelled aquatic items; pasteurized milk or dairy products; washed shelled
eggs; honey; maple syrup; cleaned unshelled or shelled nuts; washed whole produce; and
washed and cut produce.
5. “Fund” means the farm-to-school fund created in section 190A.5.
6. “Process” means to prepare a food commodity in a manner that allows it to be sold
to consumers as a food product, including by altering the form or identity of the food
commodity; trimming, cutting, cleaning, drying, freezing, filtering, sorting, or shelling the
food commodity; or packaging the food commodity.
7. “Program” means the farm-to-school program created in section 190A.6.
8. “School” means a public school or nonpublic school, as those terms are defined in
section 280.2, or that portion of a public school or nonpublic school that provides facilities
for teaching any grade from kindergarten through grade twelve.
9. “School district” means a school district as described in chapter 274.