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(1)This section has effect for the purposes of sections 25 to 28.
(2)A “food supply chain” is a supply chain for providing individuals with items of food or drink for personal consumption, where the items consist of or include, or have been produced to any extent using—
(a)anything grown or otherwise produced in carrying on agriculture, or
(b)anything taken, grown or otherwise produced in carrying on fishing or aquaculture.
(3)The persons “in” a food supply chain are—
(a)the persons carrying on the agriculture, fishing or aquaculture (“producers”), and
(b)any persons in the supply chain between the producers and the individuals referred to in subsection (2) (“intermediaries”).
(4)The persons “closely connected” with a food supply chain are—
(a)persons supplying seeds, stock, equipment, feed, fertiliser, pesticides or similar items to producers for use in agriculture, fishing or aquaculture,
(b)persons providing goods or services to producers or intermediaries, where the goods or services relate to—
(i)the safety or quality of food or drink, or
(ii)the welfare of animals, and
(c)bodies representing persons in or closely connected with a food supply chain by virtue of the preceding provisions of this section.
(5)In this section—
“agriculture” includes any growing of plants, and any keeping of animals, for the production of food or drink;
“aquaculture” means the breeding, rearing, growing or cultivation of—
any fish or other aquatic animal,
seaweed or any other aquatic plant, or
any other aquatic organism;
“plants” includes fungi;
“seeds” includes bulbs and other things from which plants grow.
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