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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 142 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1972, chapter 120; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":197553,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84591,"identifier":"3.2-5301","token":"3.2\/IV\/53\/3.2-5301","url":"\/3.2-5301\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5301\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/53\/3.2-5301","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5301","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Consumer” means any person who acquires eggs<\/span> for consumption in his own household and not for resale.\n\t\t“Eggs<\/span>” mean eggs<\/span> in the shell that are the product of domesticated chickens.\n\t\t“Grade<\/span>” means specifications defining the limits of variation in quality of eggs<\/span> in such a manner as to differentiate among classes of eggs<\/span>, and the letter, number, or other symbol by which references may be made.\n\t\t“Institutional consumer<\/span>” means a restaurant, hotel, boardinghouse, or any other business, facility, or place in which eggs<\/span> are prepared or offered as food to patrons, residents, inmates, or patients.\n\t\t“Market<\/span>” means sell, offer for sale, give in the channels of commerce, barter, exchange, or distribute in any manner.\n\t\t“Processor<\/span>” includes any person who cleans, candles, grades<\/span>, sizes, and packs shell eggs<\/span> for human consumption.\n\t\t“Retailer<\/span>” means any person who markets<\/span> eggs<\/span> to consumers<\/span>.\n\t\t“Standard<\/span>” means specifications of the physical characteristics or any or all of the component parts of individual eggs<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-5301)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Consumer” means any person who acquires eggs for consumption in\nhis own household and not for resale.\n\t\t“Eggs” mean eggs in the shell that are the product of domesticated\nchickens.\n\t\t“Grade” means specifications defining the limits of variation in\nquality of eggs in such a manner as to differentiate among classes of eggs, and\nthe letter, number, or other symbol by which references may be made.\n\t\t“Institutional consumer” means a restaurant, hotel, boardinghouse,\nor any other business, facility, or place in which eggs are prepared or offered\nas food to patrons, residents, inmates, or patients.\n\t\t“Market” means sell, offer for sale, give in the channels of\ncommerce, barter, exchange, or distribute in any manner.\n\t\t“Processor” includes any person who cleans, candles, grades,\nsizes, and packs shell eggs for human consumption.\n\t\t“Retailer” means any person who markets eggs to consumers.\n\t\t“Standard” means specifications of the physical characteristics or\nany or all of the component parts of individual eggs.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 142, \u00a7 3.1-763.15; 1972, c. 120; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}