53-2-102 - Chapter definitions.
53-2-102. Chapter definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Adulterated eggs means eggs that are filthy, putrid, decomposed or otherwise unfit for human food, in whole or in part;
(2) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture;
(3) Inedible or eggs unfit for human food means eggs that:
(A) Are addled, moldy, or musty, contain black rot, white rot or blood ring;
(B) Have adherent yolks or bloody, or green whites;
(C) Contain embryo chicks, at or beyond the blood ring state;
(D) Consist, to any extent, of a filthy, decomposed or putrid substance; or
(E) Contain bloody whites, a blood spot, or an aggregation of blood spots more than one-eighth inch (1/8²) in diameter;
(4) Person means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, or association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative of an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, or association;
(5) Processor means a person who assembles eggs in case lots and who operates a plant for the purpose of packing shell eggs or shell-treated eggs, or breaking eggs out of the shell for freezing or drying, and who also may operate as a wholesaler;
(6) Unclassified means the general run of edible eggs sold by a producer directly to a consumer, that have not been candled, sorted or graded;
(7) Ungraded means the general run of edible eggs as they come from the producer, that have not been sorted or graded, but have been candled; and
(8) Wholesaler means a person who assembles eggs in case lots and disposes of them in quantities to retailers or through other distribution channels, and who also may operate as a processor.
[Acts 1951, ch. 124, § 2; 1953, ch. 98, § 1 (Williams, § 6579.30); 1961, ch. 20, § 1; 1981, ch. 322, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 52-202.]