1. "Code" shall mean this act as originally enacted and hereafter amended;

2. "Department" shall mean the State Department of Agriculture;

3. "Board" shall mean the State Board of Agriculture;

4. "President" shall mean the President of the State Board of Agriculture and shall also be designated as the Commissioner of Agriculture;

5. "Director" shall mean the Director of the division indicated in the State Department of Agriculture;

6. "Authorized agent" shall mean a person who has been authorized by the State Board of Agriculture to act on its behalf in making investigations or inspections or in performing other services or in doing any particular act or acts which have been vested by this act in the State Board of Agriculture; and a written or printed commission signed by the President of the State Board of Agriculture shall be accepted by all persons that the holder thereof has lawful authority to act on behalf of the State Board of Agriculture as indicated by such commission, and he shall thereby have the right and authority to enter any building or place of business, or go upon any premises, farm or other place, for the purpose of so acting for the Board;

7. "Stop sale order" shall mean a written or printed order signed by the President or an authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture, prohibiting the sale or offering for sale or exposure for sale of any agricultural product or any other thing, article or commodity covered by the terms of this act;

8. "Person" shall mean any individual, company, corporation, partnership, society, association, or other legal entity; and

9. "Livestock" and "animals" shall be deemed to include any cattle, horses, sheep, goats, asses, mules, swine, and chickens, turkeys and other domesticated fowl, and any animal, ratite or psittacine in captivity. For purposes of this act, dogs, cats and other household pets shall not be included in the definition of "livestock" and "animals".