Authority: IC 16-42-11-10.2

Affected: IC 16-42-11-1.1

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this rule:

1. (1) "Distribution facility" means any physical location that stores eggs and is the point of origination for eggs shipped to:

   1. (A) retailers;
   2. (B) hotels;
   3. (C) restaurants;
   4. (D) hospitals;
   5. (E) nursing homes;
   6. (F) schools; or
   7. (G) state or federal institutions.
2. (2) "Farmers market retailer" means any producer who sells eggs directly to the consumer, which they produced, at a common facility that meets the definition of a farmers market under IC 16-42-11-1.1.

3. (3) "Person" means any:

   1. (A) individual;
   2. (B) partnership;
   3. (C) association;
   4. (D) business trust;
   5. (E) corporation; or
   6. (F) organized group of persons, regardless of whether the group is incorporated.
4. (4) "Retailer" means any person who sells eggs for human consumption and not for resale.

5. (5) "Wholesaler" means any:

   1. (A) person engaged in buying eggs for human consumption for resale to:

      1. (i) retailers;
      2. (ii) hotels;
      3. (iii) restaurants;
      4. (iv) hospitals;
      5. (v) nursing homes;
      6. (vi) schools; or
      7. (vii) state or federal institutions;
   2. (B) operators of multiple unit retail outlets engaged in the distribution of eggs to their own retail units; or

   3. (C) producers who sell or deliver eggs to:

      1. (i) retailers;
      2. (ii) hotels;
      3. (iii) restaurants;
      4. (iv) hospitals;
      5. (v) nursing homes;
      6. (vi) schools; or
      7. (vii) state or federal institutions.

(State Egg Board; 370 IAC 1-12-1; filed Aug 27, 2010, 12:08 p.m.: 20100922-IR-370090808FRA; readopted filed Aug 21, 2015, 10:57 a.m.: 20150916-IR-370150168RFA; readopted filed Sep 21, 2021, 11:57 a.m.: 20211020-IR-370210345RFA; readopted filed Nov 5, 2025, 4:13 p.m.: 20251119-IR-370240504RFA)