Definition: Utility chicks

Category: Agriculture - EU legislation

Chicks of one of the following types:

(i) table type chicks: chicks intended to be fattened and slaughtered before reaching sexual maturity;

(ii) laying chicks: chicks intended to be raised with a view to the production of eggs for consumption;

(iii) dual-purpose chicks: chicks intended either for laying or for the table. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2008.168.01.0005.01.ENG
Source:
European Union, Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks, Official Journal of the European Union No L 168, 28.6.2008, p. 5 - 16
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