California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §27651: It is unlawful for any person to sell to any retailer, consumer, or institution consumer, any eggs which are ungraded as to quality and size, except that the director, upon the written application of

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What this law says, in plain English

It is unlawful to sell ungraded eggs to retailers, consumers, or institutions, unless the director declares an emergency exists preventing normal egg marketing in that area.

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It is unlawful for any person to sell to any retailer, consumer, or institution consumer, any eggs which are ungraded as to quality and size, except that the director, upon the written application of any producer, may find and proclaim that an emergency exists which prevents the normal marketing of eggs by the applicant and other producers in the same area.

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