9 CFR § 146.21 - Definitions.

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title: "9 CFR § 146.21 - Definitions."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "146.21"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT"
part_number: "146"
part_name: "NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR COMMERCIAL POULTRY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 56328, Sept. 26, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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]