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urn: urn:us-la:rs:40:651
citation: "R.S. 40:651"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 40 › Chapter 4 › Part I-A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2009, number: 341, section: 1, effective_date: 2009-07-06, role: enactment }
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# Definitions

As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:

(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.

(2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.

(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.

(4) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.