Regulations last checked for updates: May 15, 2024

Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products last revised: May 09, 2024
§ 145.101 - Definitions.

Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of this subpart the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean:

Egg/meat-type bird. Birds grown under confinement for the primary purpose of producing eggs and/or meat for human consumption.

Game birds. Domesticated fowl such as pheasants, partridge, quail, grouse, and guineas, but not doves and pigeons.

Raised-for-release bird. Birds grown under confinement for the primary purpose of producing eggs, chicks, started, or mature birds for release on game preserves or in the wild.

authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4
source: 36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979.
cite as: 9 CFR 145.101