2016 Tennessee Code
Title 53 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics
Chapter 2 - Tennessee Egg Law
§ 53-2-102. Chapter definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Adulterated eggs" means eggs that are filthy, putrid, decomposed or otherwise unfit for human food, in whole or in part;

(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture;

(3) "Inedible or eggs unfit for human food" means eggs that:

(A) Are addled, moldy, or musty, contain black rot, white rot or blood ring;

(B) Have adherent yolks or bloody, or green whites;

(C) Contain embryo chicks, at or beyond the blood ring state;

(D) Consist, to any extent, of a filthy, decomposed or putrid substance; or

(E) Contain bloody whites, a blood spot, or an aggregation of blood spots more than one-eighth inch (1/8") in diameter;

(4) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, or association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative of an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, or association;

(5) "Processor" means a person who assembles eggs in case lots and who operates a plant for the purpose of packing shell eggs or shell-treated eggs, or breaking eggs out of the shell for freezing or drying, and who also may operate as a wholesaler;

(6) "Unclassified" means the general run of edible eggs sold by a producer directly to a consumer, that have not been candled, sorted or graded;

(7) "Ungraded" means the general run of edible eggs as they come from the producer, that have not been sorted or graded, but have been candled; and

(8) "Wholesaler" means a person who assembles eggs in case lots and disposes of them in quantities to retailers or through other distribution channels, and who also may operate as a processor.