Section 001-26-1 - Definitions and Exemptions1. Definitions and Exemptions. Provisions of the Rules for Adoption of Market Orders Affecting Agricultural Commodities, 01001 of Maine Regulations Chapter 2, are incorporated herein with the following additions and/or revisions:
A. Definitions. 1. Blueberries means fresh wild blueberries packed in Maine for the fresh market in consumer sizes (up to and including one-quart containers), subject to the exemptions in Subsection B below.2. Blueberry handler means any person or organization (including cooperatives) engaged in packing blueberries for the fresh market, subject to the exemptions in Subsection B below.3. Persons affected, for purposes of this Market Order, shall be all non-exempt blueberry handlers.B. Exemptions. The Market order shall not apply to any of the following: 1. Exemptions Related to Volume and Market Area.A. Blueberry handlers who, in a calendar year, pack fewer than 5000 pints, or the equivalent in other consumer-size containers.B. Blueberry handlers who, in a calendar year, pack more than 5000 pints, or the equivalent in consumer-size containers, but market fewer than 5000 pints beyond a 75 mile radius of their packing operation.2. Organically-grown blueberries which are so described and labeled on the pack.C. Marketing Committee. There shall be six members of the Fresh-Pack Blueberry Marketing Committee. One member shall be the Commissioner or his designee who shall be an ex officio, non-voting member of the Committee.01-001 C.M.R. ch. 26, § 1