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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66027</law_id><section_number>3.2-5302</section_number><catch_line>Standards, grades, and size-weight classes; cracked or checked eggs; sale of inedible eggs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Food and Drink; Weights and Measures</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="53">Eggs and Hatchery Products</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall adopt <span class="dictionary">standards</span>, <span class="dictionary">grades</span>, and size-weight classes including <span class="dictionary">standards</span> for the term &#x201C;ungraded&#x201D; for <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> marketed in the Commonwealth. In administering this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall have due regard for the desirability of uniformity in the <span class="dictionary">standards</span>, <span class="dictionary">grades</span>, and size-weight classes for <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> moving in intrastate and interstate commerce. <a id="paragraph-239939" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5302/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Cracked or checked <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> labeled as &#x201C;cracks&#x201D; may be sold only by producers or <span class="dictionary">processors</span> directly to consumers or for further processing, excluding <span class="dictionary">institutional consumers</span>. <a id="paragraph-239940" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5302/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The sale or offering for sale of inedible <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> as defined in the <span class="dictionary">grades</span> adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> is prohibited except that incubated <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> may be sold for commercial purposes other than for human consumption provided such incubated <span class="dictionary">eggs</span> are marked, packaged, and disposed of in a manner approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-239941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5302/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-602; 1952, c. 308; 1956, c. 284; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-767; 1968, c. 142, &#xA7; 3.1-763.16; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
