Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 105 - Agriculture Department
Chapter 1520 - POULTRY AND EGGS
CANDLING AND GRADING OF EGGS
Part 1520.1900 - PACK AND QUALITY ASSURANCE DATE

Subpart 1. Pack date.

Consumer grades of eggs must be pack dated in type not smaller than one-quarter inch capitals to indicate the date of pack. All cartons and cases must bear a pack date. Retailers who carton eggs delivered in bulk cases must label the cartons with the identical pack date on the bulk case.

Subp. 2. Quality assurance date.

All consumer grade eggs must carry a "quality assurance date" in addition to the pack date. The pack date must be a Julian date to not confuse it with the quality assurance date. The quality assurance date must be spelled out as the month or number of the month and day, for example, "2-1" or "Feb. 1." The quality assurance date must have an explanatory clause, such as "Sell by" or "Use by," the word "Expires," or the abbreviation "Exp."