Code of Massachusetts Regulations
330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
Title 330 CMR 5.00 - Poultry
Section 5.01 - Definitions

Check. An individual egg that has a broken shell or crack in the shell but with its shell membranes intact and its contents do not leak.

Chicks. Poultry up to 16 weeks of age.

Custom Hatching. Hatching eggs produced by another Person.

Department. Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.

Edible Egg. Not an inedible egg.

Flock. All the Poultry at one farm, except at the discretion of the Department, any group which is segregated from another group and has been so segregated for a period of at least 21 days may be considered as a separate flock.

Inedible Egg. Eggs of the following descriptions are black rots, yellow rots, white rots, mixed rots (addled eggs), sour eggs, eggs with green whites, eggs with stuck yolks, moldy eggs, musty eggs, eggs showing blood rings, eggs containing embryo Chicks (at or beyond the blood ring state), and any eggs that are adulterated as such term is defined pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Leaker. An individual egg that has a crack or break in the shell and shell membranes to the extent that the egg contents are exuding or free to exude through the shell.

Loss. An egg that is inedible, cooked, frozen, contaminated, or containing bloody whites, large blood spots, large unsightly meat spots, or other foreign material.

Person. Any individual, corporation, partnership, association or other business organization.

Poultry. Shall include all domesticated birds, including but not limited to, chickens, turkeys, guineas, exotic and game birds.

Stain. An individual egg that has an unbroken shell with adhering dirt or foreign material, prominent stains, or moderate stains covering more than 1 / 32 of the shell surface if localized, or 1 / 16 of the shell surface if scattered.