Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 61-28-3 - Definitions3.1. The following terms, as used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires or a different meaning is specifically prescribed, have the following meanings: 3.1.a. "Area" means any land within a one-mile radius of a poultry house engaged in the rearing of commercial primary breeder stock. 3.1.b. "Certificate" means a document issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture indicating a regulated material is free of specified pathogens. 3.1.c. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of West Virginia or his/her designee. 3.1.d. "Commercial primary poultry breeder" is an operation engaged in the maintenance and improvement of breeding genetics. 3.1.e. "Compost" means the natural process in which beneficial microbes reduce organic waste into a biologically safe by-product which is capable of being recycled. 3.1.f. "Move" means to ship, offer for shipment, receive for transportation, carry, or otherwise transport, move or to be moved. 3.1.g. "Multiplier" (commonly referred to as the fourth generation) is the offspring of Grandparent stock used to produce birds for market. 3.1.h. "Pathogen" is a microorganism, virus, bacterium, or fungus capable of causing disease in its host. 3.1.i. "Permit" is a document issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture to provide for movement of regulated articles to restricted destinations.3.1.j. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, co-op, firm, company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. 3.1.k. "Poultry" includes any birds raised commercially or domestically for meat, eggs, feathers or pets. 3.1.l. "Poultry Litter" refers to any material used as poultry bedding which may include sawdust, wood shavings, rice hulls, peanut hulls, straw, newspaper, and sand. 3.1.m. "Primary poultry breeder" is any person engaged in the production of Pedigree, Great-grandparent, Grandparent and Parent stock of poultry, commonly referred to as the first four generations.3.1.n. "Sell" means offer for sale, exchange, barter or trade. 3.1.o. "Swine manure" refers to excreta from the production of pigs which may include bedding material such as sawdust, wood shavings or straw.