2-2501.   Citation; definitions.(a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas egg law.

      (b)   For the purposes of this act:

      (1)   "Eggs" mean eggs in the shell that are the product of thedomesticated chicken, turkey, goose, guinea and any other eggs offered forsale for human consumption. Eggs shall not include balut;

      (2)   "person" means all individuals, firms, associations, partnerships andcorporations;

      (3)   "department" means the Kansas department ofagriculture;

      (4)   "secretary" means the secretary of agriculture or the secretary'sauthorized representative;

      (5)   "consumer" means a person who buys or otherwise acquires eggs forpersonal consumption and not for resale;

      (6)   "container" means any box, case, basket, carton, sack, bag or otherreceptacle;

      (7)   "ambient temperature" means the air temperature maintained in an eggstorage facility or transport vehicle;

      (8)   "balut" means a food derived from fertile eggs, generally chicken or duckeggs, which are incubated for a period of time shorter than is necessary forhatching;

      (9)   "candling" means the careful examination of each shell egg and theelimination of those eggs determined unfit for human consumption;

      (10)   "expiration date" means the date the eggs are to be removed from sale;

      (11)   "food purveyor" means state institutions, military or federalinstallations, retailers, restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, hotels,institutions or other places where eggs are served in the shell or broken outforimmediate consumption or where any foods containing eggs are sold;

      (12)   "graded egg" means an egg which is classified in accordance with thestandards established by the Kansas department of agriculture, taking intoconsideration the size or weight, quality factors, interior and exterior,including condition of white and yolk, the size and condition of the air celland cleanliness and soundness of shell;

      (13)   "identity" means types of eggs other than chicken eggs such as turkey,duck, guinea and other eggs;

      (14)   "last handler" means any person who sells, offers or exposes for sale ordistributes eggs to retailers or food purveyors;

      (15)   "pack date" means the date the eggs were packed which shall be expressedin terms of the month and day or as a julian date;

      (16)   "packer" means any person who grades, sizes, candles and packs eggs forpurpose of sale;

      (17)   "producer" means any person who exercises control over the production ofeggs and disposes of eggs from the output of a flock owned by such person;

      (18)   "repackaging eggs" means packaging eggs in another carton or containerother than the carton in which the eggs were first packed; and

      (19)   "retailer" means any person selling or offering eggs for sale toconsumers and not for resale.

      History:   L. 1955, ch. 9, § 1;L. 2000, ch. 57, § 1;L. 2004, ch. 101, § 190;L. 2006, ch. 90, § 1; July 1.