                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 3.2-3200)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different
meaning:		&#8220;Affiliate&#8221; means any person or subsidiary thereof, who
has, either directly or indirectly, actual or legal control over a distributor,
whether by stock ownership or in any other manner.		&#8220;Books and
records&#8221; mean books, records, accounts, contracts, memoranda, documents,
papers, correspondence, or other data, pertaining to the business of the person
in question.		&#8220;Commission&#8221; means the Milk
Commission.		&#8220;Consumer&#8221; means any person, other than a milk
distributor, who purchases milk for human
consumption.		&#8220;Distributor&#8221; means any of the following persons
engaged in the business of distributing, marketing, or in any manner handling
fluid milk, in whole or in part, in fluid form for consumption in the
Commonwealth:

1. Persons, regardless of whether any such person is a producer:
			a. Who pasteurize or bottle milk or process milk into fluid milk;			b. Who
sell or market fluid milk at wholesale or retail to: (i) hotels, restaurants,
stores, or other establishments for consumption on the premises; (ii) stores or
other establishments for resale; or (iii) consumers; or			c. Who operate stores
or other establishments for the sale of fluid milk at retail for consumption off
the premises.

2. Persons, wherever located or operating, whether within or without the
Commonwealth, who purchase, market, or handle milk for resale as fluid milk in
the Commonwealth.
			&#8220;Health authorities&#8221; include the Board of Health, the Office of
Dairy and Foods in the Department, and the local health
authorities.			&#8220;Licensee&#8221; means a licensed milk
distributor.			&#8220;Market&#8221; means any locality, or two or more
localities, and surrounding territory designated by the Commission as a
marketing area.			&#8220;Milk&#8221; means the clean lacteal secretion obtained
by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows properly fed, housed, and
kept; including milk that is cooled, pasteurized, standardized, or otherwise
processed with a view to selling.			&#8220;Producer&#8221; means any person,
regardless of whether they are also a distributor, who produces milk for sale as
fluid milk in the Commonwealth.			&#8220;Producer-distributor&#8221; means a
distributor who handles only milk produced by himself.			&#8220;Sanitary
regulations&#8221; include all laws and ordinances relating to the production,
handling, transportation, distribution, and sale of milk and, so far as
applicable, regulations adopted by the Board or the health
authorities.			&#8220;Subsidiary&#8221; means any person that a distributor or
an affiliate of a distributor has, or several distributors collectively have,
either directly or indirectly, actual or legal control, whether by stock
ownership or in any other manner.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-346; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-425; 2008, c. 860.