Virginia § 3.2-5301 - Definitions
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§ 3.2-5301. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Consumer" means any person who acquires eggs for consumption in his own household and not for resale.
"Eggs" mean eggs in the shell that are the product of domesticated chickens.
"Grade" means specifications defining the limits of variation in quality of eggs in such a manner as to differentiate among classes of eggs, and the letter, number, or other symbol by which references may be made.
"Institutional consumer" means a restaurant, hotel, boardinghouse, or any other business, facility, or place in which eggs are prepared or offered as food to patrons, residents, inmates, or patients.
"Market" means sell, offer for sale, give in the channels of commerce, barter, exchange, or distribute in any manner.
"Processor" includes any person who cleans, candles, grades, sizes, and packs shell eggs for human consumption.
"Retailer" means any person who markets eggs to consumers.
"Standard" means specifications of the physical characteristics or any or all of the component parts of individual eggs.
1968, c. 142, § 3.1-763.15; 1972, c. 120; 2008, c. 860.
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