Section 71-Y. Definitions  


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  • As  used  in this article: 1. "Perishable foods"
      means any food that may  spoil  or  otherwise  become  unfit  for  human
      consumption   because   of  its  nature,  type  or  physical  condition.
      Perishable food includes, but is not  limited  to,  fresh  or  processed
      meats,  poultry,  seafood,  dairy products, bakery products, eggs in the
      shell, fresh fruits or vegetables and foods  that  have  been  packaged,
      refrigerated  or  frozen. This definition shall not include game or wild
      game.
        2. "Canned foods" means any canned food  that  has  been  hermetically
      sealed  and  commercially  processed and prepared for human consumption,
      including canned or preserved fruits, vegetables or  other  articles  of
      food. There is specifically excluded for purposes of this section canned
      goods  that  are  rusted,  leaking,  swollen  or  canned  goods that are
      defective or cannot be otherwise offered for  sale  to  members  of  the
      general public.
        3.  "Farm  products"  means  any  agricultural, dairy or horticultural
      product or any product designed or intended  for  human  consumption  or
      prepared  principally  from  an  agricultural,  dairy  or  horticultural
      product.
        4. "Charitable or nonprofit organization" means any organization which
      is exempt from federal or state income taxation, except  that  the  term
      does  not include organizations which sell or offer to sell such donated
      items of food.
        5. "Organized gleaning" means the harvest of an agricultural crop that
      has been donated by  an  owner,  lessee,  or  occupant  of  premises  or
      occupant  of  a  farm  by  persons  who  are  sponsored  by a charitable
      not-for-profit organization.
        6. "Game or wild game"  means  any  deer  or  big  game,  or  portions
      thereof, as defined in section 11-0103 of the environmental conservation
      law, taken by lawful hunting.