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(410 ILCS 615/6) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 55-6)
Sec. 6. Candling; labeling; sales by producers; retail sales; temperature
requirements. All eggs sold at retail or purchased by institutional
consumers must be candled for quality and graded for size.
A producer may sell on his own premises where eggs are produced,
direct to household consumers, for the consumer's personal use and
that consumer's
non-paying guests, nest run eggs
without candling
or grading those eggs.
All eggs designated for sale off the premises where the entire flock is located,
such as at farmers' markets, and at retail or for institutional use must be
candled and graded and
held in a place or room in which the temperature may not exceed 45 degrees
Fahrenheit after processing. Nest run eggs must be held and transported at or below 45 degrees Fahrenheit ambient temperature beginning 36 hours after the time of lay.
Hatcheries buying eggs for hatching purposes from producers under
contract may sell their surplus eggs to a licensed packer or handler
provided that the hatchery shall keep records which indicate the
number
of cases sold, the date of sale and the name and address of the packer
or handler making the purchase.
All eggs candled or candled and graded outside the State must meet
Federal standards before they can be sold or offered for sale in the
State. No eggs may be offered for sale for consumer use 45 days or more after the date of candling.
Each container of eggs offered for sale or sold at wholesale or retail
must be
labeled in accordance with the standards established by the Department
showing grade, size, packer identification, and candling date,
and must be labeled with an
expiration date, or other similar language as specified by USDA standards,
that is
not later than 45 days from the candling date
for
grade A eggs and not later than 30 days after the candling date for grade AA
eggs.
The grade and size of eggs must be conspicuously marked in bold face
type on all consumer-size containers.
The size and height of lettering or numbering requirement shall be
set by regulation and shall conform as near as possible to those
required by Federal law.
All advertising of shell eggs for sale at retail for a stated price
shall contain the grade and size of the eggs. The information
contained in such advertising shall not be misleading or deceptive.
In cases of food-borne disease outbreaks in which eggs are identified as the
source of the disease, all eggs from the flocks from which those
disease-causing eggs came shall be identified with a producer identification or
flock code number to control the movement of those eggs.
(Source: P.A. 101-158, eff. 7-26-19.)
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