36 M.R.S. § 4302 — Definitions

The terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows:
1.
Blueberries.
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 .
1-B.
Crew leader.
"Crew leader" means a person designated by an owner to supervise an organized crew.
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.
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.
1-E.
Permanent record.
"Permanent record" means a written record which is kept and maintained for not less than 6 years.
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.
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.
3.
Seller.
"Seller" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation offering unprocessed wild blueberries for sale, either to themselves or to others.
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.
5.
Transportation permit.
5-A.
Unprocessed wild blueberries.
"Unprocessed wild blueberries" means wild blueberries that have not been fresh packed, canned, frozen, pressed, ground, juiced or dehydrated.
6.
Wild blueberries.
"Wild blueberries" means all lowbush blueberries grown, purchased, sold or handled for commercial purposes in this State.