7 USC 2702 – Definitions
As used in this chapter—
Terms Used In 7 USC 2702
- association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
- commerce: means interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce. See 7 USC 2702
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- egg producer: means the person owning laying hens engaged in the production of commercial eggs. See 7 USC 2702
- egg products: means products produced, in whole or in part, from eggs. See 7 USC 2702
- eggs: means eggs from domesticated chickens which are sold for human consumption either in shell egg form or for further processing into egg products. See 7 USC 2702
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
- marketing: means the sale or other disposition of commercial eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl, in any channel of commerce. See 7 USC 2702
- officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other entity. See 7 USC 2702
- products of spent fowl: means commercial products produced from spent fowl. See 7 USC 2702
- research: means any type of research to advance the image, desirability, marketability, production, or quality of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl. See 7 USC 2702
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture or any other officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture to whom there has heretofore been delegated, or to whom there may hereafter be delegated, the authority to act in his stead. See 7 USC 2702
- spent fowl: means hens which have been in production of commercial eggs and have been removed from such production for slaughter. See 7 USC 2702
- United States: means the forty-eight contiguous States of the United States of America and the District of Columbia. See 7 USC 2702
(a) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture or any other officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture to whom there has heretofore been delegated, or to whom there may hereafter be delegated, the authority to act in his stead.
(b) The term “person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other entity.
(c) The term “commercial eggs” or “eggs” means eggs from domesticated chickens which are sold for human consumption either in shell egg form or for further processing into egg products.
(d) The term “hen” or “laying hen” means a domesticated female chicken twenty weeks of age or over, raised primarily for the production of commercial eggs.
(e) The term “egg producer” means the person owning laying hens engaged in the production of commercial eggs.
(f) The term “case” means a standard shipping package containing thirty dozen eggs.
(g) The term “hatching eggs” means eggs intended for use by hatcheries for the production of baby chicks.
(h) The term “United States” means the forty-eight contiguous States of the United States of America and the District of Columbia.
(i) The term “promotion” means any action, including paid advertising, to advance the image or desirability of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl.
(j) The term “research” means any type of research to advance the image, desirability, marketability, production, or quality of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl.
(k) The term “consumer education” means any action to advance the image or desirability of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl.
(l) The term “marketing” means the sale or other disposition of commercial eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl, in any channel of commerce.
(m) The term “commerce” means interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce.
(n) The term “egg products” means products produced, in whole or in part, from eggs.
(o) The term “spent fowl” means hens which have been in production of commercial eggs and have been removed from such production for slaughter.
(p) The term “products of spent fowl” means commercial products produced from spent fowl.
(q) The term “hatchery operator” means any person engaged in the production of egg-type baby chicks.
(r) The term “started pullet” means a hen less than twenty weeks of age.
(s) The term “started pullet dealer” means any person engaged in the sale of started pullets.
(t) The term “handler” means any person, specified in the order or the rules and regulations issued thereunder, who receives or otherwise acquires eggs from an egg producer, and processes, prepares for marketing, or markets, such eggs, including eggs of his own production.