Section R70-410-3 - Handling and Disposition of Restricted Eggs(1) A small egg producer shall dispose of restricted eggs at the point and time of segregation. (a) A small egg producer shall ensure that checks and dirties are shipped to an official egg breaking plant for further processing of egg products.(i) Dirties may be shipped to a shell eggplant for cleaning.(ii) Checks and dirties may not be sold to restaurants unless the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 1033, et seq. specifically exempts the sales and is not prohibited by state law.(b) A small egg producer shall ensure that leakers, loss, and inedible eggs are destroyed for human food purposes at the grading station or point of segregation by being: (i) discarded and intermingled with refuse, including shells, papers, or trash;(ii) processed into an industrial product or animal food at the grading station; or(iii) denatured or de-characterized with an approved denaturant.(A) Leakers, loss, and inedible eggs shipped under government supervision and received under government supervision at a plant making industrial products or animal food need not be denatured or de-characterized before shipment.(B) Leakers, loss, and inedible eggs may be shipped in shell form if they are properly labeled and denatured by adding FD and C color to the shell or by applying a substance that will penetrate the shell and de-characterize the egg meat.(c) A small egg producer shall ensure that incubator rejects, eggs that have been subjected to incubation, are not moved in shell form and are crushed and denatured or de-characterized at the point and time of removal from incubation.(i) Blood type loss that has not diffused into the albumen may be moved to an official egg products plant in shell form without adding FD and C color to the shell provided they are properly labeled and moved directly to the egg products plant.(2) A small egg producer shall ensure that containers used for eggs not intended for human consumption are labeled with the word "inedible" on the outside of the container.(3) A small egg producer may use other methods of disposition when approved by the department.Utah Admin. Code R70-410-3
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-16, effective 8/8/2022Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-06, effective 2/27/2023Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-05, effective 2/28/2024