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Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-58-207. Unlawful actions

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, traffic in, or deliver to the retail or consuming trade any eggs unfit for human food.

(b) It shall be unlawful to:

(1) Prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, deliver for sale, load, ship, transport, sell in bulk or containers, or advertise by sign, placard, or otherwise any eggs for human consumption which are mislabeled or deceptive or that are or contain inedible eggs not denatured or eggs that have been incubated;

(2) Use descriptive terminology as to eggs that have not been graded and sized according to the standards set forth by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission; or

(3) Use descriptive terminology such as “fresh” to represent the same to be “fresh” any eggs excepting those eggs that meet the minimum requirements of Grade A or higher according to the standards set forth by the commission.

(c) No eggs shall be sold for resale to consumers below U.S. Consumer Grade B.

(d) All restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and other eating establishments which knowingly purchase, sell, serve, or use in food preparation eggs below U.S. Consumer Grade B quality will be in violation of this subchapter.

(e) Eggs in retail shall not be removed from the immediate container in which the eggs were received and placed into a different container by the retailer.

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