§ 253.1 - Definitions.

(a) Industry products. For the purposes of this part the term industry products means and includes all pillows, cushions, comforters, sleeping bags, wearing apparel, and similar products which are wholly or partially filled with feathers or down, and all bulk stocks of processed feathers or down intended for use or used in the manufacture of such products.

(b) Industry members. All persons, firms, corporations, and organizations engaged in the processing, manufacture, distribution, or marketing of any industry product are considered to be industry members.

(c) Filling material. Means the contents of an industry product including feathers and down of any kind or type.

(d) Down. Means the undercoating of waterfowl, consisting of clusters of light, fluffy filaments, i.e., barbs, growing from the quill point but without any quill shafts.

(e) Plumules. Means downy waterfowl plumage with under developed soft and flaccid quill with barbs indistinguishable from those of down.

(f) Down fibers. Means the detached barbs from down and plumules and the detached barbs from the basal end of waterfowl quill shaft which are indistinguishable from the barbs of down.

(g) Feathers. Means the plumage or out-growth forming the contour and external covering of fowl which are whole in structure and which have not been processed in any manner other than by washing, dusting, chemical treatment, and sanitizing.

(h) Waterfowl feathers. Means feathers derived from ducks and geese.

(i) Nonwaterfowl feathers or landfowl feathers. Means feathers derived from chickens, turkeys, and other landfowl.

(j) Quill feathers. Means feathers which are over 4 inches in length or which have a quill point exceeding six-sixteenths of an inch in length.

(k) Feather fiber. Means the detached barbs of feathers which are not joined or attached to each other.

(l) Crushed feathers. Means feathers which have been processed by a curling, crushing, or chopping machine which has changed the original form of the feathers without removing the quill. The term also includes the fiber resulting from such processing.

(m) Damaged feathers. Means feathers which have been broken, damaged by insects, or otherwise materially injured.

(n) Residue. Means quill pith, quill fragments, trash or foreign matter. [Guide 1]