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§ 4-301. Definitions

West's Annotated Code of MarylandAgricultureEffective: October 1, 2020

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Agriculture
Title 4. Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs
Subtitle 3. Maryland Egg Law
Effective: October 1, 2020
MD Code, Agriculture, § 4-301
§ 4-301. Definitions
Currentness
In General
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
Consumer
(b) “Consumer” means any person who purchases or otherwise acquires shell eggs for household consumption.
Distributor
(c)(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.
Food service facility
(d) “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.
Packer
(e) “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.
Poultry
(f) “Poultry” means any living domesticated bird.
Retailer
(g) “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.
Shell eggs
(h) “Shell eggs” means raw or treated poultry eggs that are still in the shell and intended for human consumption.
Treated egg
(i) “Treated egg” means a poultry egg that has been subjected to a process that alters the egg while still in the shell.

Credits

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6, § 1. Amended by Acts 1992, c. 148; Acts 1993, c. 542; Acts 2002, c. 201, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2020, c. 496, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
Formerly Art. 48, § 166C.
MD Code, Agriculture, § 4-301, MD AGRIC § 4-301
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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