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| 4.__Disease therapy.__"Disease therapy" means the use of | antibiotics, under the direction of a veterinarian licensed in this | State, for treating an animal with an established disease or | illness.__"Disease therapy" does not include the use of antibiotics | beyond the period needed for treatment of the disease or illness. |
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| | 5.__Fluoroquinolone antibiotics.__Fluoroquinolone antibiotics | means any of a group of fluorinated derivatives of quinolone that | are used as antibacterial drugs, including enrofloxacin. |
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| | 6.__Maine food producer.__"Maine food producer" means any | person who is a resident farmer or fisherman, or an association | of farmers or fishermen in a cooperative or producer group. |
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| | 7.__Nonroutine disease prevention.__"Nonroutine disease | prevention" means the use of antibiotics when it can be shown | that a particular disease is present on the premises or is likely | to occur because of a specific situation. |
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| | 8.__Nontherapeutic use.__"Nontherapeutic use" means the | administration of antibiotics to an animal or a group of animals | for purposes other than disease therapy or nonroutine disease | prevention. |
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| | 9.__State or school purchaser.__"State or school purchaser" | means any person who purchases foodstuffs for any state | institution or agency, the community colleges or the school | districts of this State. |
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| | Sec. 5. 7 MRSA §216 is enacted to read: |
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§216.__Implementation of state policy on meat procurement |
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| | A state or school purchaser shall comply with this section. |
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| | 1.__Notification to brokers or wholesalers.__State or school | purchasers shall inform brokers or wholesalers of chicken, | turkey, beef or pork products seeking to do business with the | state or school of purchasing preferences for products that have | been produced without nontherapeutic use of antibiotics, | particularly antibiotics used in human medicine. |
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| | 2.__Preference in purchasing chicken products.__This | subsection governs preference in purchasing chicken products by a | state or school purchaser: |
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| A.__A state or school purchaser shall purchase chicken products | only from a broker or wholesaler who annually |
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