Section 001-9-2 - DEFINITIONSAs used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.Best management practices (BMPS) - means those practices that are determined by the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources to be a preferred method or practice based upon best reasonably available and economically feasible methods and technologies that are technically and environmentally sound. BMPs are those practices best suited to preventing, reducing or correcting agriculture-related problems.2.Cross-contamination -means the unintentional transfer and incorporation of genetic material between a genetically engineered crop, by cross-pollination or other means, and a non-genetically engineered crop or a wild population.3.Genetically engineered (GE) - meansthe application of in vitro nucleic acid techniques, including recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid and direct injection of nucleic acid into cells or organelles, or the fusion of cells beyond the taxonomic family, that overcome natural physiological reproductive or recombinant barriers and that are not techniques used in traditional breeding and selection.4.Seed dealer - means a person who cleans, processes, sells or offers for sale a genetically engineered plant part, seed or plant in the State.5.Manufacturer - means a person that produces or commercializes a genetically engineered plant part, seed or plant, not including a farm operation for the purposes of Title 17, section 2805. 6.Technology use agreement - means an agreement between a manufacturer and a farmer that controls the right to plant a given genetically engineered plant part, seed or plant on a specific area of land for a certain period of time.