Section 15-4-3803 - DefinitionsAs used in this subchapter:
(1)(A) "Agency" means an entity that receives at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year from the state and offers a food service program.(B) "Agency" includes without limitation: (i) An institution of higher education;(ii) A child care facility;(iv) An after-school program;(v) A state agency or other entity of the state;(vi) A designee under contract to provide a food service program for an agency; and(vii) A designee under contract to provide wholesale local farm or food products for an agency;(2)(A) "Distributor" means a person or entity involved in marketing and distributing local farm or food products to another entity, including without limitation to:(ii) A healthcare facility;(iii) An educational institution;(iv) A hospitality business, including without limitation a hotel or inn;(v) A government entity; or(B) "Distributor" includes a person or entity that provides food products at wholesale to another company that provides or manages a food service program;(3) "Food product" means a substance, whether in liquid, concentrated, solid, frozen, dried, or dehydrated form, that is sold for ingestion or chewing by humans and is consumed for its taste or nutritional value;(4)(A) "Food service program" means the preparation and consumption of food products at an on-site cafeteria.(B) "Food service program" does not include catered events, franchises, or privately owned third-party vendors that do not serve as the primary provider for the delivery of food products on behalf of an agency; and(5) "Local farm or food products" means food products that are grown in Arkansas or packaged and processed in Arkansas, or both.Amended by Act 2019, No. 796,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019.Added by Act 2017, No. 617,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.