(410 ILCS 615/5) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 55-5)
Sec. 5.
The Department, after investigation and public hearing,
shall establish standards for grading and classification of shell eggs
according to the size or weight, quality factors (interior and exterior)
including condition of white and yolk, the size and condition of the air
cell and cleanliness and soundness of shell. In establishing these
standards, the Department may follow the standards promulgated by the
United States Department of Agriculture and may, after investigation and
public hearing, amend the Illinois standards from time to time so that the
federal specifications can be followed consistently if so desired. Copies
of any standards so established, or any amendment thereof, shall be
kept on file in the office of the Director.
The Department shall promulgate a regulation providing that when
eggs are purchased on a basis of grade yield, a uniform type of report
shall be issued to the producer by the purchaser showing grade yield of
eggs that have been purchased from the producer.
(Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 7-19-95.)
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