Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

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

Table-egg layer. A domesticated chicken grown for the primary purpose of producing eggs for human consumption.

Table-egg layer pullet. A sexually immature domesticated chicken grown for the primary purpose of producing eggs for human consumption.

[71 FR 56328, Sept. 26, 2006, as amended at 76 FR 15796, Mar. 22, 2011]
authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4
source: 71 FR 56328, Sept. 26, 2006, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 9 CFR 146.21