Colorado Code § 35-21-101

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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Candling" means examining the interior of an egg by use of transmitted light
sufficient to view the interior of the egg.
(2) "Commission" means the state agricultural commission.
(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.
(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-127), ch. 63, p. 224, § 7, effective July 1,
2009.)
(5) "Consumer" means any person who buys eggs for household consumption and not
for resale.
(6) "Dealer" means any person who is engaged in selling poultry eggs or other eggs.
(7) "Department" means the department of agriculture.
(8) "Edible eggs" means eggs which are free from mold, blood ring, blood spot, bloody
whites, filth, stuck yolk, black rot, white rot, mixed rot, or any other inedible quality as defined
by the United States department of agriculture.
(9) (Deleted by amendment, L. 95, p. 699, § 15, effective May 23, 1995.)
(10) and (11) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-127), ch. 63, p. 224, § 7,
effective July 1, 2009.)
(12) Repealed.
(13) "Manufacturer" means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or
preparing any product intended for sale for human consumption in which eggs in any form or
part are used.
(13.5) "Other eggs" means the eggs with a shell of any avian species, as designated by
the commissioner by rule, other than the domesticated chicken.
(14) "Person" means a person, partnership, association, or corporation.
(15) "Poultry eggs", "shell eggs", or "eggs" means shell eggs of the domesticated
chicken.
(16) "Producer" means any person engaged in producing poultry eggs or other eggs in
this state.
(17) "Restaurant" means any person engaged in the business of catering or furnishing
meals to the public.
(18) and (19) Repealed.
(20) Where applicable, the singular includes the plural; the plural, the singular; and the
masculine, the feminine.

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