Section 4-301 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-301. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Consumer.- "Consumer" means any person who purchases or otherwise acquires shell eggs for household consumption. 

(c)  Distributor.-  

(1) "Distributor" means any person who: 

(i) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale shell eggs; 

(ii) Purchases shell eggs for other than household consumption; or 

(iii) Distributes eggs to a retail outlet or food service facility owned by that person. 

(2) "Distributor" does not include any person who purchases shell eggs either exclusively as a retailer or exclusively for use in a food service facility or exclusively both as a retailer and as a food service facility. 

(d)  Food service facility.- "Food service facility" means any 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. 

(e)  Packer.- "Packer" means any person who places shell eggs in the original case, carton, or container that is used to hold eggs for distribution or sale to a consumer. 

(f)  Retailer.- "Retailer" means any person who sells shell eggs to a consumer and who does not distribute eggs to a retail outlet owned by that person. 

(g)  Shell eggs.- "Shell eggs" means raw or treated chicken eggs that are still in the shell and intended for human consumption. 

(h)  Treated egg.- "Treated egg" means a chicken egg that has been subjected to a process that alters the egg while still in the shell. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 48, § 166C; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 6, § 1; 1992, ch. 148; 1993, ch. 542; 2002, ch. 201; 2007, ch. 5, § 7.]