[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR57.100]

[Page 69-70]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER I--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE \1\ (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, 
       MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 57_INSPECTION OF EGGS (EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT)--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart A_Regulations Governing the Inspection of Eggs
 
Sec.  57.100  Specific exemptions.

    The following are exempt to the extent prescribed as to the 
provisions for control of restricted eggs in section 8(a)(1) and (2) of 
the Act: Provided, That as to paragraphs (c) through (f) of this 
section, the exemptions do not apply to restricted eggs when prohibited 
by State or local law: And provided further, That the sale of ``hard-
cooked shell eggs'' or ``peeled hard-cooked shell eggs'' prepared from 
checks is subject to the conditions for exemption in paragraphs (c), 
(d), and (f) of this section: And provided further, That the conditions 
for exemption and provisions of these regulations are met:
    (a) The sale, transportation, possession, or use of eggs that 
contain no more restricted eggs than are allowed by the tolerances in 
the official standards for U.S. Consumer Grade B shell eggs;
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) The sale at the site of production, on a door-to-door retail 
route, or at an established place of business away from the site of 
production, by a poultry producer of eggs from his own flock's 
production directly to a household consumer exclusively for use by such 
consumer and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and 
employees, and the transportation, possession, and use of such eggs: 
Provided, That each such sale of restricted eggs shall be limited to no 
more than 30 dozen eggs; And provided further, (1) That eggs sold 
directly to consumers at an established place of business away from the 
site of production be moved directly from the producer to such place of 
business; (2) that such business away from the site of production be 
owned and managed by the producer; and (3) that such eggs which are sold 
on a door-to-door route or at an established place of business away from 
the site of production shall contain no more loss and/or leakers than 
allowed in the official standards for U.S. Consumer Grade B shell eggs.
    (d) The sale of eggs by any producer with an annual egg production 
from a flock of 3,000 hens or less and the record requirements of Sec.  
57.200;
    (e) The processing and sale of egg products by any producer from 
eggs of the producer's own flock when sold directly to a household 
consumer exclusively for use by such consumer and members of the 
consumer's household and the consumer's nonpaying guests and employees;
    (f) The sale of eggs by shell egg packers on the premises where the 
grading station is located, directly to household consumers for use by 
such consumer and members of the consumer's household and the consumer's 
nonpaying guests and employees, and the transportation, possession, and 
use of such eggs. Each such sale of ``restricted eggs'' shall be limited 
to no more than 30 dozen eggs;
    (g) The processing in nonofficial plants, including but not limited 
to bakeries, restaurants, and other food processors, without continuous 
inspection, of certain categories of food products which contain eggs or 
egg products as an ingredient, and the sale and possession of such 
products: Provided, That such products are manufactured from inspected 
egg products processed in accordance with this part or from eggs 
containing no more restricted eggs than are allowed in the official 
standards for U.S. Consumer Grade B shell eggs;

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    (h) The purchase, sale, possession, or transportation of shell eggs 
containing more restricted eggs than allowed in the tolerances for U.S. 
Consumer Grade B shell eggs: Provided, That such eggs are handled in 
accordance with Sec. Sec.  57.200 and 57.700 through 57.860 to assure 
that only eggs fit for human food are used for such purpose. This 
exemption applies to the following:
    (1) Egg producers, assemblers, wholesalers, and grading operations;
    (2) Hatcheries;
    (3) Transporters;
    (4) Laboratories, pharmaceutical companies; and
    (5) Processors of products not intended for use as human food.

[63 FR 69968, 69971, Dec. 17, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 57166, Sept. 24, 
2004]