§ 4-301. Definitions

   (a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) Consumer. -- "Consumer" means any person who purchases or otherwise acquires shell eggs for household consumption.

(c) Distributor. --

   (1) "Distributor" means any person who:

      (i) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale shell eggs;

      (ii) Purchases shell eggs for other than household consumption; or

      (iii) Distributes eggs to a retail outlet or food service facility owned by that person.

   (2) "Distributor" does not include any person who purchases shell eggs either exclusively as a retailer or exclusively for use in a food service facility or exclusively both as a retailer and as a food service facility.

(d) Food service facility. -- "Food service facility" means any person who operates a facility where eggs are used in the preparation of food and who does not distribute eggs to a food service facility owned by that person.

(e) Packer. -- "Packer" means any person who places shell eggs in the original case, carton, or container that is used to hold eggs for distribution or sale to a consumer.

(f) Retailer. -- "Retailer" means any person who sells shell eggs to a consumer and who does not distribute eggs to a retail outlet owned by that person.

(g) Shell eggs. -- "Shell eggs" means raw or treated chicken eggs that are still in the shell and intended for human consumption.

(h) Treated egg. -- "Treated egg" means a chicken egg that has been subjected to a process that alters the egg while still in the shell.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 48, § 166C; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 6, § 1; 1992, ch. 148; 1993, ch. 542; 2002, ch. 201; 2007, ch. 5, § 7.