§ 681. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
(2) “Consumer commodity” means any product or commodity of any kind or class, except for drugs sold only by prescription or food sold by a restaurant or made-to-order, including:
(A) items retail establishments customarily sell to individuals for consumption or use for personal care, or to perform services that are often rendered in or around the household; and
(B) that usually are consumed or expended during consumption or use.
(3) “Unit price” means the total selling price of a consumer commodity expressed by the price per standard unit of weight, measure, count, area, or length as adopted by the National Council on Weights and Measures and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Handbook 130, Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality.
(4) “Convenience store” means a type of retail establishment that sells a limited number of everyday items such as motor fuel, tobacco products, made-to-order food, snacks, and beverages that serve as a quick, accessible retail option for consumers who typically purchase a small number of products and that does not offer a sufficient quantity of consumer commodities to make unit pricing as useful to consumers. “Convenience store” does not include a grocery store, drug store, dollar store, or any other type of store. The Secretary has the discretion to determine whether a retail establishment is a convenience store.
(5) “Electronic shelf label” is an electronic display that retailers can use to present a product’s name, price, unit price, and other information on a small wired or wireless panel, usually on the edge of a store shelf.
(6) “Individual” means any person, partnership, company, corporation, association, or society.
(7) “Limited time” or “limited-time” means a period of not more than 60 days.
(8) “Made-to-order” means food prepared at the time of order or sold from retail cases displaying product in bulk or in servings prepared on the premises. Made-to-order foods may be sold by weight, measure, or count, including piece, portion, or serving. Made-to-order food does not include ready-to-eat foods that are prepackaged for an individual to select.
(9) “Real-time dynamic pricing” means a pricing strategy that allows prices to change immediately based on evolving market trends and demand.
(10) “Retail establishment” means a store that sells consumer commodities to individuals when they are physically present to inspect, select, and purchase product, except when a store is primarily engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, or is primarily engaged in a specialty trade that the Secretary determines would be unreasonable to regulate as a retail establishment.
(11) “Retail space” means an area that a retail establishment operates or controls where individuals may inspect and select consumer commodities for purchase.
(12) “Total selling price” means the price assigned to a consumer commodity and at which said consumer commodity is to be, and is, sold to an individual. (Added 1971, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2025, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2026.)