North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 09 - FOOD AND DRUG PROTECTION
Subchapter O - MARKETING OF SHELL EGGS
Section .0100 - DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS
Section 09O .0104 - SANITATION AND MATERIALS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The sanitation requirements of G.S. 106-245.22 shall be deemed to be met when facilities conform to the requirements of 7 C.F.R. Section 56.76 which is incorporated by reference including subsequent amendments and editions.
(b) Eggs shall be deemed to be held in a proper environment, as specified in G.S. 106-245.22, when gathered and placed in a refrigerated cooling room with an ambient temperature of 45 degrees F. or lower until graded and packed. After grading and packing, eggs shall be held or transported at a refrigerated ambient temperature of 45 degrees F. or lower without freezing until sold to the consumer or used in food preparation.
Authority
G.S.
106-245.16;
106-245.21;
106-245.22;
Eff.
August 1, 1982;
Amended Eff. December 1, 1991; December 1,
1987;
Transferred from
02 NCAC
43H .0104 Eff. May 1, 2012;
Readopted Eff. March 1, 2017.