Section 370IAC1-12-1. Definitions

   The following definitions apply throughout this rule:

(1) "Distribution facility" means any physical location that stores eggs and is the point of origination for eggs shipped to:

(A) retailers;

(B) hotels;

(C) restaurants;

(D) hospitals;

(E) nursing homes;

(F) schools; or

(G) state or federal institutions.

(2) "Farmers market retailer" means any producer who sells eggs directly to the consumer, which they produced, at a common facility that meets the definition of a farmers market under IC 16-42-11-1.1.

(3) "Person" means any:

(A) individual;

(B) partnership;

(C) association;

(D) business trust;

(E) corporation; or

(F) organized group of persons, regardless of whether the group is incorporated.

(4) "Retailer" means any person who sells eggs for human consumption and not for resale.

(5) "Wholesaler" means any:

(A) person engaged in buying eggs for human consumption for resale to:

(i) retailers;

(ii) hotels;

(iii) restaurants;

(iv) hospitals;

(v) nursing homes;

(vi) schools; or

(vii) state or federal institutions;

(B) operators of multiple unit retail outlets engaged in the distribution of eggs to their own retail units; or

(C) producers who sell or deliver eggs to:

(i) retailers;

(ii) hotels;

(iii) restaurants;

(iv) hospitals;

(v) nursing homes;

(vi) schools; or

(vii) state or federal institutions.

(State Egg Board; 370 IAC 1-12-1; filed Aug 27, 2010, 12:08 p.m.: 20100922-IR-370090808FRA; readopted filed Aug 21, 2015, 10:57 a.m.: 20150916-IR-370150168RFA)