As used in the Egg Grading Act:

A. "egg dealer" includes any person, firm, partnership or corporation that buys eggs directly from the farmers or from any other sources for the purpose of reselling them at wholesale;

B. "cold storage eggs" means eggs which have been in cold storage for thirty days or more and which meet the grades and standards of qualification set by the board of regents of New Mexico state university;

C. "processor" includes any person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged in the process of breaking eggs for drying, freezing or for other purposes;

D. "consumer" means any person, business establishment or institution which changes the condition of the egg in preparation for human consumption;

E. "board" means the board of regents of New Mexico state university, the board controlling the department;

F. "department" means the New Mexico department of agriculture;

G. "candling" means the holding of an egg, large end up, before a light shining through an opaque shield, with an opening of about one-quarter inch in diameter. Candling is best done in a darkened room, but one may obtain candling devices that may be used in average daylight;

H. "ungraded eggs" means eggs that have not been graded according to quality or weight;

I. "addled" or "white rot" means putrid or rotten;

J. "moldy" means that mold or bacteria has developed in isolated areas within the shell;

K. "black rot" means that the egg has deteriorated to an extent that the whole interior represents a blackened appearance;

L. "blood ring" means that germs have developed to an extent that blood is formed;

M. "stuck yolk" means that the yolk has settled to one side and becomes fastened to the shell; and

N. "incubator reject eggs" means any eggs which have been subjected to heat for the purpose of hatching or for any other purposes whatsoever.

History: 1953 Comp., § 54-2-11, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 138, § 2; 1973, ch. 116, § 1.