§ 3502. Standards; grades; size-weight classes.
§ 3502. Standards; grades; size-weight classes. The Department of Agriculture shall establish, and from time to time, may amend or revise standards, grades, and size-weight classes for eggs marketed in Delaware. In administering this section, the Department of Agriculture shall have due regard for the desirability of uniformity in the standards, grades and size-weight classes […]
§ 3503. Official quality grades and weight classes.
§ 3503. Official quality grades and weight classes. The standards, grades, weight classes and tolerance for individual shell eggs adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture, Poultry Division of the Agricultural Marketing Service are adopted as the official standards, grades, weight classes and tolerance for this State. Such adopted standards apply to consumer grades […]
§ 3504. Labeling.
§ 3504. Labeling. (a) The container in which any eggs are marketed in this State shall bear prominently on the outside portion thereof: (1) The grade of the eggs; (2) The size-weight class of the eggs; (3) The word “eggs”; (4) The numerical count of the contents; (5) The name and address of the packer […]
§ 3505. Advertising of eggs.
§ 3505. Advertising of eggs. Advertising of eggs by the roadside, or by newspaper, magazine, handbills, radio, television, window signs, store displays or in any manner, shall include quality and size designations if the price is shown or stated. Such quality and size designations shall be prominent and conspicuous and the advertising shall be in […]
§ 3506. Limitation in use of descriptive terms.
§ 3506. Limitation in use of descriptive terms. It shall be unlawful for any person to use such descriptive terms as fresh, new laid, hennery, direct from farm, farm fresh, best, number one, fancy, special, extra, select, or any other words, figures or symbols which imply or modify the quality designation in describing eggs of […]
§ 3507. Invoice requirements.
§ 3507. Invoice requirements. Every person selling eggs to retailers, restaurants, hotels, public and private eating places and institutions shall furnish a dated invoice showing the exact size and quality of such eggs, or they shall be invoiced as “UNCLASSIFIED.” 43 Del. Laws, c. 88, § 7; 3 Del. C. 1953, § 3507; 56 Del. […]
§ 3508. Sanitation and related matters.
§ 3508. Sanitation and related matters. (a) Any person assembling, transporting, marketing, or processing graded eggs for marketing shall keep the eggs at a temperature in accordance with United States Department of Agriculture temperature requirements. In addition, any container, including the packaging material therein or associated therewith, shall be clean, unbroken and free from foreign […]
§ 3509. Sale of eggs unfit for human consumption.
§ 3509. Sale of eggs unfit for human consumption. No person shall offer for sale, sell, trade or otherwise exchange eggs for human consumption which are classified inedible or loss eggs as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture rules and regulations on eggs. 43 Del. Laws, c. 88, § 1; 3 Del. C. […]
§ 3510. Exemptions.
§ 3510. Exemptions. (a) Producers are exempt from §§ 3503 and 3504 of this title if they sell eggs produced by their own flocks, provided such eggs are not sold at an established place of business detached from the premises of their production and provided they are not advertised or displayed to the public with […]
§ 3173. Order of Department of Agriculture.
§ 3173. Order of Department of Agriculture. If, by valid formal order refusing, suspending or revoking a license, after hearing with due notice to all those liable on the bond, the Department of Agriculture has found a milk dealer or handler to be indebted thereunder, such order and the findings of fact in support thereof […]