PART 1Main provisions
Food supply
29Meaning of “food supply chain” and related expressions
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—
- a
any fish or other aquatic animal,
- b
seaweed or any other aquatic plant, or
- c
any other aquatic organism;
- a
“plants” includes fungi;
“seeds” includes bulbs and other things from which plants grow.