Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 3
Subtitle 15 - FOOD
Chapter 10.15.03 - Food Service Facilities
Section 10.15.03.05 - Eggs and Egg Products
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.15.03.05
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. The person-in-charge shall ensure that:
(1) Only
clean, whole Grade A or higher grade eggs with shell intact and without cracks,
or pasteurized eggs or egg products, are used;
(2) An invoice or other equivalent record is
obtained from the supplier for each delivery of shell eggs;
(3) The invoice or equivalent record required
in §A(2) of this regulation contains the following information written in
English:
(a) Name and address of the seller
and buyer;
(b) Date of
delivery;
(c) Grade and size of
eggs delivered; and
(d) Quantity of
eggs sold in number by grade and size;
(4) When loose eggs are distributed, offered
for sale, or sold directly to a consumer in Maryland:
(a) A daily record is maintained that shows
the lot designation of the shell eggs for each packer;
(b) A placard is displayed that:
(i) Is legible and printed in block letters
not less than 3/8 inch in height;
(ii) Is a minimum size of 4-1/4 inches by 6
inches;
(iii) Plainly and
conspicuously displays the eggs' grade term, size (weight), and lot
designation; and
(iv) Is placed on
or near the eggs; and
(c) Egg cartons are labeled in accordance
with §A(9), (10), and (12) of this regulation;
(5) All egg invoices, daily records, or other
equivalent records are kept on file for a minimum of 90 days;
(6) Upon request, the approving authority is
granted access to copy and verify, at any reasonable time, records relating to
the sale and purchase of shell eggs;
(7) Except as provided in Regulation .10 of
this chapter, only pasteurized eggs and egg products are used when serving eggs
or foods prepared with eggs that have not been heated adequately to kill
Salmonella Enteritidis;
(8) All
shell eggs accepted for delivery, used, or provided to the consumer are:
(a) Produced by flocks that are certified to
be in compliance with COMAR 15.11.11;
(b) Supplied by a registered packer as
provided in COMAR 15.04.01; and
(c)
Pasteurized or otherwise heat-treated to kill Salmonella Enteriditis if
Salmonella Enteriditis is isolated from a flock in Maryland as determined by
testing procedures contained in COMAR 15.11.11;
(9) All egg cartons of shell eggs accepted
for delivery, used, or provided to the consumer are labeled on the principal
display or information panel with:
(a)
Legible stamping in permanent ink;
(b) The following information at a minimum
type size of 1/16 of an inch:
(i) The
packer's or distributor's name and address;
(ii) The packer's registration
number;
(iii) The lot designation
of the eggs; and
(iv) A safe
handling statement with the words "safe handling instructions" in bold capital
letters and the statement "To prevent illness from bacteria: keep eggs
refrigerated, cook eggs until yolks are firm, and cook foods containing eggs
thoroughly." set off in a box by hairlines;
(c) The following information at a minimum
type size of 1/4 of an inch:
(i) The identity
of the product as eggs; and
(ii)
The word "grade" and the grade term (AA or A) and size (weight) of the eggs;
and
(d) The net quantity
of eggs in weight or numerical count in at least the minimum type size
permitted based on the space available for labeling as set forth in §B of
this regulation, with the minimum type size measurement determined by:
(i) The height of type of printing by
measuring the height of the lower case letter "o" or its equivalent when mixed
upper and lower case letters are used; or
(ii) The height of the upper case letters
when only upper case letters are used;
(10) If the safe handling statement does not
appear on the principal display panel or the front information panel, a
separate statement that eggs be kept refrigerated is printed on either the
principal display panel or the front of the information panel;
(11) The same information in at least the
same minimum type size that is required on an egg carton is printed on the top
of an egg case or any side of an egg case; and
(12) The grade term and size (weight) on an
egg carton is not abbreviated.
B. Table 1.
| Minimum type size | Area of Principal Display Panel |
| 1/16 inch | 5 square inches or less |
| 1/8 inch | More than 5 square inches but not more than 25 square inches |
| 3/16 inch | More than 25 square inches but not more than 100 square inches |
| 1/4 inch | More than 100 square inches but not more than 400 square inches |
| 1/2 inch | Over 400 square inches |
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