As used in this chapter:

(1) "Ambient temperature" means the atmospheric temperature surrounding or encircling shell eggs.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 39-39-110

  • Consumer: means a person using eggs for food and includes restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, hospitals, state institutions, and other establishments serving food to be consumed or produced on the premises but does not include the armed forces or other federal agency or institution. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
  • 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.
  • Eggs: means the shell eggs of a domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea hen. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
  • 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.
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
  • Producer: means a person engaged in the business of producing and marketing eggs laid on his farm. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
  • Retailer: means a person, firm, or corporation selling or offering for sale eggs to consumers in this State. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
  • Wholesaler: means a person engaged in the business of buying or receiving eggs from producers or other persons on his own account and selling or transferring eggs to other wholesalers, processors, retailers, or other persons and consumers. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110

(2) "Candle" means to determine the interior quality of eggs based on the use of a candling light as defined in the federal standards.

(3) "Consumer" means a person using eggs for food and includes restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, hospitals, state institutions, and other establishments serving food to be consumed or produced on the premises but does not include the armed forces or other federal agency or institution.

(4) "Eggs" means the shell eggs of a domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea hen.

(5) "Label" means the display of any printed, graphic, or other method of identification on the shipping container or on the immediate container including, but not limited to, an individual consumer package of eggs.

(6) "South Carolina eggs" means eggs produced in this State.

(7) "Producer" means a person engaged in the business of producing and marketing eggs laid on his farm.

(8) "Retailer" means a person, firm, or corporation selling or offering for sale eggs to consumers in this State.

(9) "Distributor" means a person offering for sale or distributing eggs in this State to a retailer, cafe, restaurant, or other establishment serving eggs to the public or to an institutional user. It includes a person distributing eggs to his own retail outlet but does not include a person engaged to haul or transport eggs nor a producer.

(10) "Wholesaler" means a person engaged in the business of buying or receiving eggs from producers or other persons on his own account and selling or transferring eggs to other wholesalers, processors, retailers, or other persons and consumers. A wholesaler further means a person engaged in producing eggs from his own flock and disposing of a portion of this production on a graded basis.

(11) "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not.

(12) "Sell" means to offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession for sale, exchange, barter, or trade.