Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Animal food manufacturer," any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of a livestock carcass, or any part or product of the carcass; (2) "Animal share," an ownership interest held in an animal by a consumer; (3) "Capable for use as human food," any livestock carcass, or part or product of a the carcass of any livestock, unless it is denatured or otherwise: (a) Denatured or identified as required by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the secretary to deter its use as human food, or it is naturally; or (b) Naturally inedible by humans; (3)(4) "Carcass," any part, including viscera, of any slaughtered livestock, that is capable of being used for human food; (4)(5) "Custom exempt plant," a person engaged in plant that provides custom slaughtering and preparation of meat food products for household use by the owner, as provided in subdivision 39-5-11(2) for in § 39-5-11; (5) "Federal Meat Inspection Act," the act of Congress approved March 4, 1907, as amended and extended to January 1, 1991 (21 U.S.C.) and the imported meat provisions of subsections 620(b), (c) as amended to January 1, 1991; (6) "Inedible products renderer," any a person engaged in the business of rendering livestock carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of livestock, except other 26 than rendering conducted under inspection or exemption under in accordance with this chapter; (7) "Inspector," an employee or official of this state, authorized by the secretary to inspect livestock or carcasses, parts thereof, or meat food products, under this chapter; (8) "Intrastate commerce," commerce wholly within this state; (9) "Label," a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any an article, other than a package liner; (10) "Labeling," any label or other written, printed, or graphic matter, upon or accompanying any article or any of its containers or wrappers; (11) "Livestock," cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, equine, ratites, captive cervidae as permitted under § 40-3-14, and any other species as requested by the owner and authorized by the secretary; (12) "Livestock producer," any natural a person, partnership, or corporation if over having more than fifty percent of his or its any annual income is derived from the production of agricultural products and on whose farm having an agricultural operation on which the number of livestock is in keeping with the size of the farm operation or the volume or character of the agricultural products produced thereon; (13) "Meat," the edible part of the muscle of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, equine, ratites, captive cervidae, and any other species as requested by the owner and authorized by the secretary, which provided the edible part is skeletal or which is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart, or in the esophagus, with or without the accompanying and overlying fat, and the portions of bone, skin, sinew, nerve, and blood vessels, which normally accompany the muscle tissue and which are not separated from it in the process of dressing. It The term does not include the muscle found in the lips, snout, or ears; (14) "Meat broker," any a person engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock carcasses, parts thereof, or meat food products, on commission, or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such those articles other than for his the person's own account or as an employee of another person; (15) "Meat by-product," any edible part other than meat, which has been derived from one or more cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, equine, ratites, captive cervidae, and or other species as requested by the owner and authorized by the secretary; 34 (16) "Meat food products product," any product capable of use that can be used as human food, and which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass of any cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, equine, ratites, captive cervidae, and or other species as requested by the owner and authorized by the secretary, excepting products which contain. The term does not include any product that: (a) Contains meat, or other portions of such carcasses only a carcass, in only a relatively small proportion or historically have not been; (b) Is not considered by consumers as products to be a product of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from definition; or (c) Is not defined as a meat food product by regulations in rules promulgated by the secretary pursuant to chapter 1-26, under such conditions as the secretary may deem appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this chapter; (17) "Meat processing establishment," an official establishment as defined in this section engaged in the preparation or processing of meat food products; (18) "Official certificate," any certificate prescribed by in rules promulgated by the secretary pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the secretary, for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this chapter; (19) "Official establishment," any establishment in this state as determined identified by the secretary, at which inspection of the slaughter of livestock or the preparation of livestock carcasses or parts thereof, or meat products, is maintained under this chapter; (20) "Official inspection legend," any symbol, prescribed by in rules promulgated by the secretary pursuant to chapter 1-26 showing, to show that an article was inspected and passed in accordance with this chapter; (21) "Official mark," the official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by in rules promulgated by the secretary pursuant to chapter 1-26, to identify the status of any article or animal under this chapter; (22) "Prepared," slaughtered, canned, salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed; (23) "Retail dealer," any person engaged in selling carcasses, parts thereof, or meat food products of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, equine, ratites, captive cervidae, and other species as requested by the owner and authorized by the secretary; 34 (24) "Retail store meat processor," a person engaged in the retail sale of food for human consumption, the retail sale of meat food products, and in the processing or preparation of meat or meat by-products, for retail sale as meat food products; (25)(24) "Secretary," executive secretary of the South Dakota Animal Industry Board, or any person authorized to act in his stead; (26)(25) "Slaughtering establishment," an official establishment as defined in this section engaged in the slaughtering of livestock; and (27)(26) "Veterinary inspector," an employee or official of this state, licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state, and authorized by the secretary to inspect livestock or carcasses, parts thereof, or meat food products, under this chapter.