---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 146.21"
title: "9"
number: "146.21"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/146.21"
---

# §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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 56328, Sept. 26, 2006, as amended at 76 FR 15796, Mar. 22, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 56328, Sept. 26, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 56328, Sept. 26, 2006, as amended at 76 FR 15796, Mar. 22, 2011]