P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 881
(a) Rice. — Means the grain or seed of the cereal plant Oryza sativa.
(b) Whole rice. — Means the grain or seed to which merely the skin or shell has been taken out, but which, however, substantially retains the bran, so that it contains not less than 1.35 milligrams of thiamine (Vitamin B[1]), 0.3 milligrams of iron per pound.
(c) Parboiled rice. — Means rice which, before taking out the skin or shell therefrom, before unshelling it, has been half boiled and dried, so that even after polished, it contains 1.2 milligrams of thiamine (Vitamin B[1]), 0.15 milligrams of riboflavin, 16.0 milligrams of niacin and 13.0 milligrams of iron per pound.
(d) Fortified rice. — Means milled rice of the general appearance at present consumed in Puerto Rico, to which is added thiamine (Vitamin B[1]), niacin, and iron, so that it contains not less than 2.0 milligrams of thiamine (Vitamin B[1]), 16.0 milligrams of niacin and 13.0 milligrams of iron per pound; when washed in cold water, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary, it should not lose more than fifteen percent (15%) of its content of each of these substances.
(e) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico.
(f) Person. — Means any natural or [juridical] person, business concern, corporation, association or any other entity.
History —May 13, 1951, No. 430, p. 1212, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 13, 1951.