La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § V-915
Ambient Temperature-the atmospheric temperature surrounding or encircling shell eggs.
Boiled Eggs-eggs that are hard or soft boiled, that are pickled, frozen, or by any other means preserved and sold commercially.
Broker-a person who never assumes ownership or possession of eggs, nor changes the grade or pack of eggs, but is engaged in the business of acting as agent, for a fee or commission, in the sale or transfer of eggs between producers, or dealer-wholesalers as sellers and dealer-wholesalers, processors, or retailers as buyers.
Candling-the practice of examining the interior of an egg by use of transmitted light for determining whether it is inedible, and for determining quality in grading edible eggs.
Case-30 dozen per case of shell eggs.
Commissioner-the Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry of the State of Louisiana.
Consumer-any person using eggs for food, and shall include restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, hospitals, state institutions, schools, other places not specifically named such as bakeries, day care centers, nursing homes, etc. or any other establishment serving food to be consumed or produced on the premises, but shall not include the Armed Forces or any other federal agency or institution.
Dealer-Wholesaler-any person engaged in the business of buying eggs from producers or other persons on his own account and selling or transferring eggs to other dealer-wholesalers, processors, retailers, or other persons and consumers. A dealer-wholesaler further means a person engaged in producing eggs from his own flock and disposing of any portion of the production on a graded basis.
Denatured-rendering unfit for human consumption by treatment or the addition of a foreign substance such as lamp black, methylene dye, powdered charcoal or kerosene, in addition to crushing of the egg shells.
Department-the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
Egg Producer-any person, farm, corporation, or other entity that produces eggs.
Egg Products-any other products made from whole eggs, egg whites, egg yolks or any combination thereof that is not included in the above definitions.
Egg Products Inspection Act- Public Law 91-597, Egg Products Inspection Act, dated 12/29/70.
Eggs-the product of the domesticated chicken offered for sale for human consumption.
Federal Standards-the quality and weight requirements for grades as defined in the United States Standards for Shell Eggs that are now or may hereafter be established by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Frozen Egg Products-frozen whole eggs, frozen whites, or frozen yolks or any combination thereof to which have been added salt, sugar, or other food or noninjurious food additive.
Frozen Eggs, Frozen Egg Yolks, or Frozen Mixed Eggs-the food prepared by freezing liquid eggs.
Inedible and Unfit for Human Consumption-for eggs, this shall mean eggs described as black rots, white rots, mixed rots (addled eggs), sour eggs, eggs with green whites, eggs with stuck yolks, moldy eggs, musty eggs, eggs showing blood rings, eggs containing embryo chicks (at or beyond the blood ring stage), leakers, and any eggs that are adulterated as such term is defined pursuant to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Offered for Sale-eggs that are housed within any wholesale or retail place of business, or on or alongside of any loading or unloading platform in the state of Louisiana, or within a truck or other carrier that has come to rest within the state of Louisiana.
Packer-any person who grades, sizes, candles, and packs eggs for the purpose of resale.
Person-any individual, partnership, association, business trust, corporation or any organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not.
Possession-the fact of possession by any person engaged in the sale of a commodity is prima facie evidence that such commodity is for sale.
Processor-a person who operates a plant for the purpose of breaking or boiling eggs for freezing, drying, or commercial food manufacturing.
Producer-any person engaged in the business of producing eggs in Louisiana, either as an owner or as an officer or stockholder of a business engaged in producing eggs in Louisiana, or any person deriving a profit from such business or a person who further processes boiled, frozen or other egg products derived from fresh shell eggs.
Retailer-any person who sells eggs to a consumer.
Sell-to "offer for sale," "expose for sale," "have in possession for sale," "exchange," "barter," or "trade."
Standard-the quality specifications for a single egg, and a group of standards is combined to make a grade.
U.S.D.A.-the United States Department of Agriculture.
La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § V-915