Sec. 1.1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:

(1) “Case” means thirty (30) dozen.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-42-11-1.1

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) “Eggs” means shell eggs represented as fresh or treated.

(3) “Farmers’ market” means a common facility where two (2) or more farmers or growers gather on a regular basis to sell farm products, which they produce, directly to the consumer.

(4) “Fresh eggs” means consumer grades of eggs as defined by the standards of quality and weights as set forth by the state egg board.

(5) “Person” means any individual, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or any organized group of persons, regardless of whether the group is incorporated.

(6) “Retailer” means any person who sells eggs for human consumption and not for resale.

(7) “Treated eggs” means eggs that have been treated by a process such as pasteurization, irradiation, or other method of treatment that changes the interior quality of an egg in such a manner that United States Department of Agriculture quality standards do not apply.

(8) “Wholesaler” means any person engaged in buying eggs for human consumption for resale to retailers, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, state or federal institutions, operators of multiple unit retail outlets engaged in the distribution of eggs to their own retail units, or producers who sell or deliver eggs to retailers, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, or state or federal institutions.

As added by P.L.28-2009, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.11-2023, SEC.60.