(a) “Beef” means the meat of cattle and includes veal.

(b) “Cattle” and “beef cattle” are synonymous and mean bovine animals of any breed, regardless of age.

(c) “Cattle feeder” means a producer raising cattle in confined spaces for the purposes of finishing cattle for market.

(d) “Council” means the California Cattle Council.

(e) “Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture.

(f) “Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the council.

(g) “Handler” means a person engaged in the marketing of beef that the handler has produced, purchased, or acquired from a producer, or is marketed on behalf of a producer, whether as the owner, agent, employee, broker, or otherwise.

(h) “Member” means any member of the council.

(i) “Other products derived from the California cattle industry” include, but are not limited to, those edible, industrial, and medicinal products produced in whole or in part from beef, dairy, or cattle.

(j) “Processor” means a person who harvests cattle or markets products derived from cattle to willing consumers, including beef, dairy products, or other products derived from the California cattle industry.

(k) “Producer” is a person who owns or acquires ownership of beef or dairy cattle, and who, upon request, provides proof of ownership of cattle or, for purposes of voting pursuant to this chapter, has owned beef or dairy cattle within the same calendar year as the vote occurs. A person is not a producer if the person’s only share in the proceeds of the sale of cattle or beef is a sales commission, handling fee, or other service fee.

(l) “Range cattle producer” means a person who owns and raises cattle primarily on range or pastureland for the purpose of producing beef and other products derived from the California cattle industry.

(m) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.

(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 410, Sec. 2. (SB 965) Effective January 1, 2019. Provisions operative or inoperative as prescribed in Sections 65061, 65066, 65068, and 65069. Repealed conditionally pursuant to Section 65066.)