Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, § 4302: Definitions

The terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows: 1. Blueberries. [PL 1997, c. 511, §4 (RP).] 1-A. Grower. "Grower" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the growing of wild blueberries and that is not a "processor" as defined in subsection 2. [PL 1997, c. 511, §5 (AMD).] 1-B. Crew leader. "Crew leader" means a person designated by an owner to supervise an organized crew. [PL 1989, c. 214, §1 (NEW).] 1-C. Organized crew. "Organized crew" means a group of people working together under the supervision of a crew leader to harvest, pick, rake, possess or remove wild blueberries from the land of an owner. [PL 1997, c. 511, §6 (AMD).] 1-D. Owner. "Owner" includes a landowner or leaseholder of land on which wild blueberries are grown and harvested for profit, or the landowner's or leaseholder's authorized agent, and includes a receiver of wild blueberries grown in Canada and purchased from Canadian sellers. [PL 1997, c. 511, §6 (AMD).] 1-E. Permanent record. "Permanent record" means a written record which is kept and maintained for not less than 6 years. [PL 1989, c. 214, §1 (NEW).] 1-F. First hauler. "First hauler" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the transportation of wild blueberries from the field where the berries were harvested. [PL 2007, c. 694, §4 (NEW).] 2. Processor. "Processor" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation first engaged in the fresh packing, canning, freezing, pressing, grinding, juicing or dehydrating of wild blueberries whether as owner, agent or otherwise. [PL 2013, c. 331, Pt. C, §20 (AMD).] 3. Seller. "Seller" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation offering unprocessed wild blueberries for sale, either to themselves or to others. [PL 2013, c. 331, Pt. C, §21 (AMD).] 4. Shipper. "Shipper" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the shipping, transporting, storing, selling or otherwise handling of wild blueberries either in processed form or as fresh fruit, whether as owner, agent or otherwise. [PL 1997, c. 511, §8 (AMD).] 5. Transportation permit. [PL 2023, c. 18, §1 (RP).] 5-A. Unprocessed wild blueberries. "Unprocessed wild blueberries" means wild blueberries that have not been fresh packed, canned, frozen, pressed, ground, juiced or dehydrated. [PL 2013, c. 331, Pt. C, §22 (NEW).] 6. Wild blueberries. "Wild blueberries" means all lowbush blueberries grown, purchased, sold or handled for commercial purposes in this State. [PL 1997, c. 511, §10 (NEW).]