SECTIONS 27501-27523 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 27501-27523

27501. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set
forth in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.

27502. "Agent" includes bailee, broker, commission merchant,
factor, auctioneer, solicitor, consignee, and any other person that
is acting upon the express or implied authority of another.

27503. "At retail" means a sale or transaction between a retailer
and a consumer.

27503.5. "California egg" means an egg produced in this state.

27504. "Candling" means the examination of the interior of eggs by
use of a transmitted light.

27505. "Cold storage eggs" means eggs which have been in cold
storage for a period of more than 30 days.

27506. "Committee" means the Shell Egg Advisory Committee.

27507. "Consumer" means any person who purchases eggs for his or
her own family use or consumption; or any restaurant, hotel,
boardinghouse, bakery, or other institution or concern which
purchases eggs for serving to guests or patrons thereof, or for its
own use in cooking or baking and not for resale in the shell.

27508. "Container" means any box, case, basket, carton, sack, bag,
or any other device which is used to facilitate the handling of eggs.

27509. "Deceptive" means any arrangement of the contents of any
container, or subcontainer, or of any lot, load, or display, in which
the eggs in the outer layer or in any portion exposed to view are in
quality, size, condition, or in any other respect so superior to
those in the interior or unexposed portion as to materially
misrepresent the contents or any part thereof as to size, quality,
condition, or any other respects.

27510. "Egg handler" means a person engaged in the business of
producing, candling, grading, packing, or otherwise preparing shell
eggs for market or who engages in the operation of selling or
marketing eggs that he or she has produced, purchased, or acquired
from a producer, or which he or she is marketing on behalf of a
producer, whether as owner, agent, employee, or otherwise. This
section shall not apply to any purchaser who is a retailer and who
does not handle eggs in any other capacity, except as a retailer.

27510.1. "Producer" means a person engaged in the business of
producing eggs from domesticated fowl for human consumption, who is
not in the business of candling, grading, packing, sorting, or
otherwise preparing shell eggs for market, marketing, or processing
eggs into egg products.

27511. "Egg meats" means the white, yolk, or any part of eggs, in
liquid, frozen, dried, or any other form, used, intended or held for
use, in the preparation of, or to be a part of or mixed with, food or
food products, for human consumption.

27512. "Egg products" means egg meats.

27513. "Eggs" means eggs in the shell from chickens, turkeys,
ducks, geese, or any other species of fowl.

27514. "Incubated eggs" means eggs which have been in the course of
incubation, whether natural or artificial.

27515. "Incubator rejects" means incubated eggs.

27516. "Marked" means plainly, legibly, and conspicuously labeled,
stamped, stenciled, printed, or branded.

27517. "Mislabel" means the presence of any false, deceptive, or
misleading mark, term, statement, design, device, inscription, or any
other designation upon any eggs or upon any container or
subcontainer of eggs, or upon the label, lining, or wrapper thereof,
or upon any placard or sign used in connection therewith, or in
connection with any bulk lot or display having reference to eggs.

27518. "Retailer" means any person who sells eggs to a consumer.

27519. "Shell eggs" means eggs.

27519.5. "Shipped egg" means an egg that is produced outside the
State of California and shipped into the state for purposes of resale
or use by a direct user.

27520. "Subcontainer" means any container when being used within
another container.

27521. The purposes of this chapter are as follows:
(a) To assure that healthful and wholesome eggs of known quality
are sold in this state.
(b) To facilitate the orderly marketing of shell eggs in a uniform
manner.
(c) To prevent the marketing of deceptive or mislabeled containers
of eggs.

27522. "Eggs that are packaged for export" means those eggs
destined for conveyance to any location outside the United States or
its territories.

27523. "Eggs that are packaged for interstate commerce" means those
eggs destined for sale outside the state.