In this chapter:
I. "
Community supported agriculture
" or "
CSA
" means a distribution system in which a farmer distributes produce directly to consumers.
II. "
Department
" means the department of health and human services.
III. "
Distributor
" means a person who purchases wild mushrooms from a harvester and sells to food establishments or direct to the public. Distributor shall not include food establishments.
IV. "
Food establishment
" means a food service establishment or retail food store licensed under RSA 143-A, as well as farmers market, farm stand, and CSA.
V. "
Harvester
" means a person who forages for and harvests wild mushrooms for sale to a distributor, food establishment, or to the public.
VI. "
Identifier
" means a person who identifies wild mushrooms collected by a harvester on behalf of a distributor or a food establishment.
VII. "
Mushroom
" means the fleshy, spore-bearing, fruiting body of a fungus.
VIII. "
Tier 1 mushroom
" means a wild mushroom which is easily identified, that has no toxic look-alikes, and which is unlikely to cause illness in humans.
IX. "
Tier 2 mushroom
" means a wild mushroom which is difficult to identify, may have toxic look-alikes, or may cause illness in some humans.
Source. 2021, 70:1, eff. July 1, 2022.