370 IAC 1-12-1 Definitions

Sec. 1. 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.