Sec. 1.1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Case" means thirty (30) dozen.
(2) "Eggs" means shell eggs represented as fresh or treated.
(3) "Farmers market" means a common facility where two (2) or more farmers or growers gather on a regular basis to sell farm products, which they produce, directly to the consumer.
(4) "Fresh eggs" means consumer grades of eggs as defined by the standards of quality and weights as set forth by the state egg board.
(5) "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or any organized group of persons, regardless of whether the group is incorporated.
(6) "Retailer" means any person who sells eggs for human consumption and not for resale.
(7) "Treated eggs" means eggs that have been treated by a process such as pasteurization, irradiation, or other method of treatment that changes the interior quality of an egg in such a manner that United States Department of Agriculture quality standards do not apply.
(8) "Wholesaler" means any person engaged in buying eggs for human consumption for resale to retailers, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, state or federal institutions, operators of multiple unit retail outlets engaged in the distribution of eggs to their own retail units, or producers who sell or deliver eggs to retailers, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, or state or federal institutions.
As added by P.L.28-2009, SEC.4.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 42. Regulation of Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
Chapter 11. Food: Eggs Offered for Sale and State Egg Board
16-42-11-4. Establishment of Board; Membership; Term; Oath; Officers; Compensation; Business Office
16-42-11-6. Substandard Eggs; Prohibited Sale
16-42-11-8. Farmers' and Egg Producers' Exemption
16-42-11-9. Farmer's or Egg Producer's Wholesaler or Retailer Registration
16-42-11-9.5. Farmers Market Retail Permit
16-42-11-10. Application of Section; Registration Statement; Fees; Wholesaler Report Permit
16-42-11-10.2. Application of Section; Permit and Registration Requirements; Fees
16-42-11-10.4. Permits; Issuance; Revocation; Fees
16-42-11-11. Prohibited Sales or Distribution
16-42-11-12. Purdue University; Inspections