172A.1 - DEFINITIONS.
172A.1 DEFINITIONS.
When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agent" means a person engaged in the buying or soliciting
in this state of livestock for slaughter exclusively on behalf of a
dealer or broker.
2. "Animals" or "livestock" includes cattle, calves,
swine, or sheep.
3. "Dealer" or "broker" means any person, other than an
agent, who is engaged in this state in the business of slaughtering
live animals or receiving, buying or soliciting live animals for
slaughter, the meat products of which are directly or indirectly to
be offered for resale or for public consumption.
4. "Person" means an individual, partnership, association or
corporation, or any other business unit. Section History: Early Form
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 172A.1] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 623
Further definitions; see § 159.1