N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 160-a: Eggs; sale for food by grades or standards; consumer; definition

§ 160-a. Eggs; sale for food by grades or standards; consumer;

definition. No person, and the term "person" in this statute shall

include an individual, partnership, corporation or association, shall

either as producer, wholesaler, commission merchant, jobber or retailer,

sell, or offer to sell, or expose for sale for human consumption any

eggs in the shell or otherwise which are unfit for human food. From and

after the establishment of specific grades or standards of quality and

size or weight of eggs by the commissioner of agriculture and markets as

provided in the next section, eggs for human consumption shall not be

sold or exposed for sale except by the grades or standards so

established.

The term "consumer" whenever used in this statute shall mean any

person purchasing eggs for his or her own family use or consumption, or

a restaurant, hotel, boarding house, bakery or other institution

purchasing eggs for serving to guests or patrons, or for its or their

use in cooking or baking.