(i) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health except that, if the substance is not an added substance, the food or milk is not considered adulterated if the quantity of that substance in the food or milk does not ordinarily render it injurious to health. See Michigan Laws 288.472

Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.

animal protection shelter: means an animal control shelter or animal protection shelter, respectively, registered with the department under section 6 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287. See Michigan Laws 287.1102

Applicant: means an individual and the spouse of that individual if that spouse intends to occupy the property with the individual. See Michigan Laws 125.2702

Breeding license: means the license granted under section 22b. See Michigan Laws 287.1102

Bulk milk pickup tanker: means a vehicle, including truck, tank, and those appurtenances necessary for its use, used by a bulk milk hauler/sampler to transport bulk raw milk for pasteurization from a dairy farm to a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station. See Michigan Laws 288.473

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

Dairy farm: means any place or premises where 1 or more dairy animals are kept for milking purposes, and from which a part or all of the milk is provided, sold, or offered for sale. See Michigan Laws 288.473

dairy plant: means any place, premises, or establishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, aseptically processed, packaged, or prepared for distribution. See Michigan Laws 288.474

Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.

Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

Department: means the Michigan department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 288.473

Department: means the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 287.1102

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Devise: To gift property by will.

Director: means the director of the Michigan department of agriculture or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 288.473

Distributor: means a person other than a producer or processor who offers for sale, holds for sale, or sells at wholesale milk or milk products. See Michigan Laws 288.473

Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.

Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

Facility: means an indoor or outdoor cage, pen, or similar enclosure where a large carnivore is kept. See Michigan Laws 287.1102

Federal act: means the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, 21 USC 301 to 321, 331 to 360dd, 360hh to 376, and 378 to 399. See Michigan Laws 288.473

First receiving point: means the milk plant where the milk is first received for processing and manufacturing. See Michigan Laws 288.473

Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

Food service establishment: means a fixed or mobile restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short order cafe, luncheonette, grill, tearoom, sandwich shop, soda fountain, tavern, bar, cocktail lounge, nightclub, drive-in, industrial feeding establishment, private organization serving the public, rental hall, catering kitchen, delicatessen, theater, commissary, food concession, or similar place in which food or drink is prepared for direct consumption through service on the premises or elsewhere, and any other eating or drinking establishment or operation where food is served or provided for the public. See Michigan Laws 288.473

Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.

in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q

Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.

Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article conforming to a requirement imposed under this act that any word, statement, or other information appearing on the label appears on the outside container or wrapper of the retail package of the article or be easily legible through the outside container or wrapper. See Michigan Laws 288.474

Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon an article or any of its containers or wrappers or accompanying the article. See Michigan Laws 288.474

Large carnivore: means either of the following:

  (i) Any of the following cats of the Felidae family, whether wild or captive bred, including a hybrid cross with such a cat:

  (A) A lion. See Michigan Laws 287.1102

Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}

Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

Local governmental unit: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.2702

Milk: means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of 1 or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, or other dairy animals. See Michigan Laws 288.474

Milk buyer: means any producer, milk producer marketing organization, milk plant, receiving station, transfer station, or bulk milk hauler that either takes delivery of raw milk or raw milk product or manages the sale of the raw milk or raw milk product, or both. See Michigan Laws 288.474

Milk tank truck: means both a bulk milk pickup tanker and a milk transport tank. See Michigan Laws 288.475

Milk transport tank: means a vehicle, including the truck and tank, used by a bulk milk hauler/sampler to transport bulk shipments of milk from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station to another milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station. See Michigan Laws 288.475

Misbranded: means food to which any of the following apply:

  (i) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. See Michigan Laws 288.475

month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j

Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

Nonprofit community organization: means an organization exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 with experience in housing issues and that contracts with a local governmental unit to administer an urban homestead program under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2702

Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

Offering for sale: means selling, offering to sell, holding for sale, preparing for sale, trading, bartering, offering as a gift as an inducement for sale of, and advertising for sale in any media. See Michigan Laws 288.475

Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

Person: means an individual, partnership, company, limited liability company, cooperative, association, firm, trustee, educational institution, state or local government unit, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 288.476

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 287.1102

person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l

Pet shop: means a pet shop licensed by the department under section 3 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287. See Michigan Laws 287.1102

Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

Processor: means the owner or operator of a milk plant. See Michigan Laws 288.476

Producer: means a person that owns or operates a dairy farm and sells or distributes milk produced on that farm including a person that markets milk on behalf of a producer under a marketing agreement. See Michigan Laws 288.476

Qualified buyer: means an applicant who meets the criteria in section 4. See Michigan Laws 125.2702

Qualified loan rate: means an interest rate not to exceed the adjusted prime rate determined in section 23 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 125.2702

Receiving station: means a place, premises, or establishment where raw milk is received, collected, handled, stored, or cooled and is prepared for further transporting. See Michigan Laws 288.476

Registered name: means either a name that is registered as "doing business as" at the county clerk's office in the county in which the producer or processor resides or that is registered with this state as a legal entity registered to do business within this state under an assumed name. See Michigan Laws 288.476

Retail: means selling or offering for sale dairy products directly to a consumer. See Michigan Laws 288.476

Sanitary standards: means the dairy equipment construction standards or accepted dairy system operating practices formulated by 1 of the following:

  (i) 3-A sanitary standards committees representing the International Association for Food Protection, the United States Public Health Service, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the dairy industry committee as approved by the director. See Michigan Laws 288.476

Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.

Standard methods: means the seventeenth edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products" published by the American Public Health Association, incorporated by reference. See Michigan Laws 288.476

state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o

State veterinarian: means the chief animal health official of this state as appointed by the director of the department under section 7 of the animal industry act, 1988 PA 466, 287. See Michigan Laws 287.1102

Transfer station: means any place, premises, or establishment where milk or milk products are transferred directly from 1 milk tank truck to another. See Michigan Laws 288.477

Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o

Veterinarian: means a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 287.1102

Wholesale: means selling or offering to sell dairy products to retailers, jobbers, or distributors rather than directly to a consumer. See Michigan Laws 288.477