§ 3.2-5302 Standards, grades, and size-weight classes; cracked or checked eggs; sale of inedible eggs
A. The Board shall adopt standards, grades, and size-weight classes including standards for the term “ungraded” for eggs marketed in the Commonwealth. In administering this chapter, the Department shall have due regard for the desirability of uniformity in the standards, grades, and size-weight classes for eggs moving in intrastate and interstate commerce.
B. Cracked or checked eggs labeled as “cracks” may be sold only by producers or processors directly to consumers or for further processing, excluding institutional consumers.
C. The sale or offering for sale of inedible eggs as defined in the grades adopted by the Commissioner is prohibited except that incubated eggs may be sold for commercial purposes other than for human consumption provided such incubated eggs are marked, packaged, and disposed of in a manner approved by the Commissioner.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 308; in 1956, chapter 284; in 1966, chapter 702; in 1968, chapter 142; in 2008, chapter 860.
Code 1950, § 3-602; 1952, c. 308; 1956, c. 284; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-767; 1968, c. 142, § 3.1-763.16; 2008, c. 860.