Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 36 > Part 7 > Chapter 721 - Milk Handling Fee

• Fee period: means the period beginning on the Sunday closest to the first day of the month and continuing through the Saturday prior to the Sunday closest to the first day of the subsequent month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4901
• handler: means the wholesale handler that first handles a particular container of packaged milk. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4901
• Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Packaged milk: means milk that has been processed and placed in containers for ultimate sale to consumers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4901
• Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, society, club, corporation, financial institution, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, assignee or any other group or combination acting as a unit, the State or Federal Government or any political subdivision or agency of either government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
• Producer-handler: means a person who produces milk and packages that milk or part of that milk for retail sale either by that person or by another retail handler. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4901
• Retail handler: means a person who handles packaged milk in this State that is next sold in this State subject to the minimum retail prices established pursuant to Title 7, chapter 603. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4901
• Wholesale handler: means a person who handles packaged milk in this State that is next sold in this State subject to the minimum wholesale prices paid to dealers established pursuant to Title 7, chapter 603. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4901
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72