3.2-1300 - Definitions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-1300. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Cattle" means beef cattle sold for slaughter or feeding purposes, vealcalves sold for slaughter or feeding purposes, and dairy cattle sold forimmediate slaughter providing such animals are sold for a consideration inexcess of $20 per head in the Commonwealth.

"Handler" means, at the point where the cattle are weighed or traded andthe value determined, operators of all stockyards, livestock dealerships,slaughterhouses, packing plants, and livestock auction markets or any otherperson that purchases from a producer.

"Processor" or "packer" means any person that slaughters cattle.

"Producer" means any person engaged in the business of raising cattle, orselling dairy cattle for slaughter.

(1970, c. 310, §§ 3.1-796.13, 3.1-796.26; 1978, c. 540; 1983, c. 375; 1985,cc. 237, 448; 2008, c. 860.)