Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall mean:

a. Micronutrient malnutrition - a disorder resulting from deficiencies in vitamin A, iron, iodine and other micronutrients which the body needs in minute quantities everyday.

b. Iodine deficiency disorders - a broad spectrum of deficiencies resulting from lack of iodine in the diet which leads to the reduction of intellectual and physical capacity affecting everyone who is iodine-deficient and may manifest as goiter, mental retardation, physical and mental defects, and cretinism.

c. Food fortification - the addition of nutrients to processed foods at levels above the natural state.

d. Salt iodization - the addition of iodine to salt intended for human or animal consumption in accordance with specifications as to form, fortificant, method, manner and composition as may be prescribed by the BFAD.

e. Food-grade salt - salt for human and animal consumption as distinguished from industrial salt.

f. Regulatory requirements - the provisions of all applicable laws, regulations, executive orders, and other enactments related to food quality and safety, purity, nutritional composition, and other aspects of food regulation or control.

g. Industrial salt - salt used in the treatment, processing, and/or manufacture of non-food commercial products.

h. Manufacturer - one who produces, imports, trades in, and distributes salt.

i. Subsistence producer/ manufacturer - one who produces, trades in or distributes salt not exceeding two metric tons (2 m.t.) of salt per year.

j. Small producer/manufacturer - one who produces, imports, trades in, or distributes salt ranging from more than two metric tons (2 m.t.) to three hundred metric tons (300 m.t.) per year.

k. Medium producer/manufacturer - one who produces, imports, trades in, or distributes salt ranging from more than three hundred metric tons (300 m.t.) to two thousand metric tons (2,000 m.t.) per year.

l. Large producer/manufacturer - one who produces, imports, trades in, or distributes salt exceeding two thousand metric tons (2,000 m.t.) per year.