Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 250 - RULES FOR CERTIFYING AMERICAN GINSENG
Section 001-250-II - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 01 ME Code Rules ยง 001-250-II

Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

A. "Ginseng" means any part of the plant known as Wild American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius(L).

B. "Cultivated ginseng" means any part of a ginseng plant that was grown in prepared beds.

C. "Wild ginseng" means ginseng growing, living or found in a natural state.

D. "Wild simulated ginseng" means cultivated ginseng grown in a wooded site where wild ginseng is not established.

E. "Dealer" means a person who buys cultivated, wild and/or wild simulated ginseng for the purpose of resale in a raw form.

F. "Grower" means a person who grows cultivated ginseng and/or wild simulated ginseng to sell.

G. "Foreign ginseng" means ginseng that is grown outside this state.

H. "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation or other business entity.

I. "Department" means the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources.

J. "Green ginseng" means a ginseng root from which the moisture has not been removed by drying.

K. "Grower license" means an annual permit issued by the Department which enables a person to cultivate ginseng for sale.

L. "Dealer license" means an annual permit issued by the Department which enables a person to buy cultivated, wild and/or wild simulated ginseng for resale.

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