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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:40:651",
  "title_number": "40",
  "section_number": "651",
  "citation": "R.S. 40:651",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:\n\n(1) \"Confirmed positive test result\" means any result obtained from a laboratory test of an ingredient, equipment, container, or finished product that indicates the presence of an adulterant, as defined by R.S. 40:607 et seq., in excess of any tolerance specified in state or federal law or regulations.\n\n(2) \"Department\" means the Louisiana Department of Health.\n\n(3) \"Food processing plant\" means a commercial operation that manufactures food for human consumption and does not provide food directly to a consumer from that location. Such term shall not include a commercial operation that produces raw agricultural commodities and whose end product remains a raw agricultural product.\n\n(4) \"Secretary\" means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "40",
      "name": "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "4",
      "name": "FOOD AND DRUGS"
    },
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      "level": "part",
      "number": "I-A",
      "name": "FOOD SAFETY"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 40 › Chapter 4 › Part I-A",
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      "act_year": 2009,
      "act_number": 341,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2009-07-06",
      "effective_date_raw": "July 6, 2009",
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    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2009, No. 341, §1, eff. July 6, 2009.",
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