The definitions set forth in this section shall apply throughout this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Director" means the director of agriculture of this state, or a duly authorized representative.
(2) "Department" means the Washington state department of agriculture.
(3) "Interior quarantine" means a quarantine within the state of Washington established against the movement of designated plant pests, life stages, their hosts, and possible carriers from areas identified by the Washington state department of agriculture.
(4) "Exterior quarantine" means a quarantine established against the movement into Washington state of designated plant pests, life stages, their hosts, and possible carriers from areas identified by the Washington state department of agriculture.
(5) "Commercial orchard" means an orchard in which fruit is grown for commercial purposes and with the use of approved and accepted integrated pest management programs pursuant to statutes, guidelines or rules approved by the agricultural extension service or regulatory officials of the state of origin.
(6) "Commercial fruit" means fruit that is:
(a) Grown in a commercial orchard and commercially packed and labeled;
(b) Fruit grown in a commercial orchard and destined to a commercial processing plant or packing plant.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
17.24 RCW. WSR 86-19-002 (Order 1906), § 16-488-002, filed 9/5/86.]