As used in this chapter:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 23-09.5-01

1.    “Cottage food operator” means an individual who produces or packages cottage food products in a kitchen designed and intended for use by the residents of a private home.

2.    “Cottage food product” means baked goods, jams, jellies, and other food and drink products produced by a cottage food operator.

3.    “Delivery” means the transfer of a cottage food product resulting from a transaction between a cottage food operator and an informed end consumer.

4.    “Farmers market” means a market or group of booths where farmers and other cottage food operators sell cottage food products directly to consumers.

5.    “Home consumption” means food consumed within a private home or food from a private home consumed only by family members, employees, or nonpaying guests.

6.    “Informed end consumer” means an individual who is the last individual to purchase a cottage food product and has been informed the cottage food product is not licensed, regulated, or inspected.

7.    “Transaction” means the exchange of buying and selling.