196.311. Definitions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Definitions.

196.311. Unless otherwise indicated by the context, whenused in sections 196.311 to 196.361:

(1) "Consumer" means any person who purchases eggs for hisor her own family use or consumption; or any restaurant, hotel,boardinghouse, bakery, or other institution or concern whichpurchases eggs for serving to guests or patrons thereof, or forits own use in cooking, baking, or manufacturing their products;

(2) "Container" means any box, case, basket, carton, sack,bag, or other receptacle. "Subcontainer" means any containerwhen being used within another container;

(3) "Dealer" means any person who purchases eggs from theproducers thereof, or another dealer, for the purpose of sellingsuch eggs to another dealer, a processor, or retailer;

(4) "Denatured" means eggs (a) made unfit for human food bytreatment or the addition of a foreign substance, or (b) withone-half or more of the shell's surface covered by a permanentblack, dark purple or dark blue dye;

(5) "Director" means the director of the department ofagriculture;

(6) "Eggs" means eggs in the shell from chickens;

(7) "Inedible eggs" means eggs which are defined as such inthe rules and regulations of the director adopted under sections196.311 to 196.361, which definition shall conform to thespecifications adopted therefor by the United States Departmentof Agriculture;

(8) "Person" means and includes any individual, firm,partnership, exchange, association, trustee, receiver,corporation or any other business organization, and any member,officer or employee thereof;

(9) "Processor" means any person engaged in breaking eggs ormanufacturing or processing egg liquids, whole egg meats, yolks,whites, or any mixture of yolks and whites, with or without theaddition of other ingredients, whether chilled, frozen,condensed, concentrated, dried, powdered or desiccated;

(10) "Retailer" means any person who sells eggs to aconsumer;

(11) "Sell" means offer for sale, expose for sale, have inpossession for sale, exchange, barter, or trade.