§ 20-57-302 - Definitions. - Arkansas Statutes

20-57-302. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Appropriate federal agency" means the United States Food and Drug Administration or any agency or department or administrative federal officer charged with the enforcement and administration of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

(2) "Bread" shall include all yeast-raised commercial bakery products, made wholly or partly from wheat flour but excludes products containing no wheat flour or products made from one hundred percent (100%) whole wheat flour and also excludes all biscuits and crackers;

(3) "Enrichment" as applied to flour or bread means the addition thereto of vitamins and other ingredients of the nature required by this subchapter, and the term "enriched flour" as defined by the Food and Drug Administration, 6 Fed. Reg. 2579 (1941) and 8 Fed. Reg. 2772 (1941), and "enriched bread", 6 Fed. Reg. 2772 (1941) and 8 Fed. Reg. 10785 (1943), means flour or bread which has been enriched to conform with the requirements of this subchapter;

(4) "Flour" includes and shall be limited to flour of every kind and description, made wholly or partly from wheat, which conforms to the definition and standard of identity of flour including white flour, wheat flour, and plain flour as promulgated by the United States Food and Drug Administration, 6 Fed. Reg. 2754 (1941), but excluding whole wheat flour made only from the whole wheat berry with no part thereof removed and also excluding special packaged flours not used for bread baking such as cake, pancake, cracker, and pastry flours; and

(5) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, or any unincorporated organization.