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.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
Chapter 53 - Eggs and Hatchery Products
§ 3.2-5300. Application of chapter
§ 3.2-5303. Requirements for eggs sold as fresh or with similar description
§ 3.2-5304. Labeling and advertising
§ 3.2-5305. Certain producers exempt from law
§ 3.2-5306. Enforcement of chapter; how eggs marked and quality determined; requirements
§ 3.2-5307. Seller invoice; requirements
§ 3.2-5308. Sanitation and related matters
§ 3.2-5309. Stop-sale order and seizure
§ 3.2-5311. Adopting regulations
§ 3.2-5312. Violation a misdemeanor