Current through August 26, 2024
(1) PROHIBITION AGAINST SALE OF RESTRICTED
EGGS.
(a) Except as provided in par. (b),no
person shall buy, sell, or transport, or offer to buy or sell, or offer or
receive for transportation any restricted eggs, and no egg handler shall
possess any restricted eggs or use any restricted eggs in the preparation of
human food.
(b) Egg producers
collecting eggs from a flock of more than 3,000 laying birds shall only sell,
transport, possess, or use restricted eggs in compliance with
7 CFR 57.100
of the federal egg products inspection act. Egg producers collecting eggs from
a flock of 3,000 or fewer laying birds shall:
1. Sell no more edible restricted eggs than
the amount allowed by the tolerances in the official standards for U.S.
Consumer Grade B shell eggs.
2.
Sell checks and dirties only on the premises where the eggs are produced
directly to consumers for use by the consumer and the consumer's non-paying
guests.
(2)
DISPOSITION OF RESTRICTED EGGS. Egg producers collecting eggs from a flock of
more than 3,000 hens shall dispose of restricted eggs in compliance with
7 CFR
57.720 and maintain records as required in
7 CFR
57.200 of the federal egg products inspection
act. Egg producers collecting eggs from a flock of 3,000 or fewer hens shall
dispose of restricted eggs by:
(a) Shipping
checks and dirties directly or indirectly to an official egg products plant for
processing.
(b) Crushing and
placing loss and inedible eggs in a container containing a sufficient amount of
approved denaturant or decharacterizing substance, as approved the department.
The denatured and decharacterized product shall be labeled "Restricted eggs.
Not to be used as human food."
(3) DISPOSITION OF PACKED EGGS EXCEEDING
RESTRICTED EGG TOLERANCES. Eggs which are placed in a package for the ultimate
consumer and which have been found to exceed the tolerance for restricted eggs
permitted in the official standards for U.S. Consumer Grade B eggs under U.S.
standards, grades, and weight classes for shell eggs shall be identified as
required in ss.
7 CFR
57.800 and
57.860 and
shall be:
(a) Shipped directly or indirectly
to an official egg products processing plant for proper segregation and
processing; or
(b) Regraded so that
they comply with the official standards; or
(c) Designated for animal food after being
denatured and decharacterized and labeled "Restricted eggs. Not to be used as
human food."
