1. A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Carton” means a container holding up to 36 eggs, including overwrapped cartons and sleeves, that is used to pack eggs for distribution or sale to a consumer.
   2. (2) “Case” means a container that is not a carton and that is used to pack eggs for distribution or sale to a consumer. A case may contain either loose eggs or cartons of eggs.
   3. (3) “Consumer” means a person who purchases or otherwise acquires shell eggs for household consumption.
   4. (4) “Department” means Maryland Department of Agriculture.

   5. (5) “Distributor” means a person who:

      1. (a) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale shell eggs to a wholesaler, retailer, or food service facility; or
      2. (b) Distributes eggs to a retailer or food service facility owned by that person.
   6. (6) “Food service facility” means a 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.
   7. (7) “Loose eggs” means eggs not contained in a carton.
   8. (8) “Lot designation” means a method of specifying the conditions under which eggs are packed or packaged which enables the packer and the Secretary to trace the eggs to the flock that produced the eggs.
   9. (9) “Packer” means a person, including a repacker, who places shell eggs in the original case, carton, or container that is used to hold eggs for distribution or sale to consumers and other persons in the distribution chain, such as retailers and food service facilities.
   10. (10) “Registration number” means the number that the Department assigns a packer or distributor.
   11. (11) “Repacker” means a packer who repacks previously graded shell eggs.
   12. (12) “Retailer” means a person who sells shell eggs to a consumer and who does not distribute eggs to a retail outlet owned by that person.
   13. (13) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary's designee.
   14. (14) “Shell eggs” means raw eggs produced by chickens for human consumption.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §§2-103, 4-301, 4-302, 4-306, 4-308, 4-310, and 4-311.1—4-311.5; Health-General Article, §21-211;
Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 1, 1973

Regulation .03E amended effective November 22, 1982 (9:23 Md. R. 2261)

Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective August 2, 1989 (16:17 Md. R. 1883); emergency status expired November 23, 1989

Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective December 5, 1989 (16:26 Md. R. 2783); emergency status extended at 17:7 Md. R. 843

Chapter revised effective April 30, 1990 (17:8 Md. R. 977)

Regulation .09B and D amended as an emergency provision effective November 5, 1991 (18:24 Md. R. 2640); emergency status extended at 19:5 Md. R. 574 (March 6, 1992); adopted permanently effective March 30, 1992 (19:6 Md. R. 675)

Chapter revised effective June 20, 1994 (21:12 Md. R. 1063)

Regulation .03A, B amended effective September 9, 1996 (23:18 Md. R. 1318)