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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358026</law_id><section_number>3.2-5301</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="5" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Food and Drink; Weights and Measures</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="53">Eggs and Hatchery Products</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Consumer</span>&#x201D; means any person who acquires <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> for consumption in his own household and not for resale.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Eggs</span>&#x201D; mean <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> in the shell that are the product of domesticated chickens.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Grade</span>&#x201D; means specifications defining the limits of variation in quality of <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> in such a manner as to differentiate among classes of <span class="dictionary">eggs</span>, and the letter, number, or other symbol by which references may be made.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Institutional consumer</span>&#x201D; means a restaurant, hotel, boardinghouse, or any other business, facility, or place in which <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> are prepared or offered as food to patrons, residents, inmates, or patients.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Market</span>&#x201D; means sell, offer for sale, give in the channels of commerce, barter, exchange, or distribute in any manner.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Processor</span>&#x201D; includes any person who cleans, candles, <span class="dictionary">grades</span>, sizes, and packs shell <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> for human consumption.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Retailer</span>&#x201D; means any person who <span class="dictionary">markets</span> <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> to <span class="dictionary">consumers</span>.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Standard</span>&#x201D; means specifications of the physical characteristics or any or all of the component parts of individual <span class="dictionary">eggs</span>.</p></section></text><history>1968, c. 142, &#xA7; 3.1-763.15; 1972, c. 120; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
