As used in KRS 247.450 to 247.505, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture;
(2) "Board" means the state board of agriculture;
(3) "Producer" means every person who produces milk or cream from cows and thereafter causes the same to be marketed as milk, cream or other dairy products;
(4) "New producer" means a producer who was not engaged in the business of producing milk at the time a referendum was conducted in accordance with the provisions of KRS 247.450 to 247.505;
(5) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative or other business entity;
(6) "Milk" means milk from cows and all of its natural components, sweet cream, sour cream, skim milk, flavored milk, buttermilk, condensed or concentrated whole or skim milk for use in milk products of every kind and description;
(7) "Handler" or "dealer" means any person, including any distributor, processor, bulk milk handler, or operator of a store, who purchases or receives on consignment or otherwise, milk and milk products of every kind and description, within the state, for sale, shipment, storage, processing, or manufacture;
(8) "Processor" means any person engaged in the business of processing milk and other material into milk products of every kind and description.