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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.15.03.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="03" heading="Eggs and Egg Products.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The person-in-charge shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Only clean, whole Grade A or higher grade eggs with shell intact and without cracks, or pasteurized eggs or egg products, are used;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An invoice or other equivalent record is obtained from the supplier for each delivery of shell eggs;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The invoice or equivalent record required in §A(2) of this regulation contains the following information written in English:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Name and address of the seller and buyer;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Date of delivery;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Grade and size of eggs delivered; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Quantity of eggs sold in number by grade and size;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>When loose eggs are distributed, offered for sale, or sold directly to a consumer in Maryland:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A daily record is maintained that shows the lot designation of the shell eggs for each packer;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A placard is displayed that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Is legible and printed in block letters not less than 3/8 inch in height;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Is a minimum size of 4-1/4 inches by 6 inches;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Plainly and conspicuously displays the eggs' grade term, size (weight), and lot designation; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Is placed on or near the eggs; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Egg cartons are labeled in accordance with §A(9), (10), and (12) of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>All egg invoices, daily records, or other equivalent records are kept on file for a minimum of 90 days;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Upon request, the approving authority is granted access to copy and verify, at any reasonable time, records relating to the sale and purchase of shell eggs;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Except as provided in Regulation .10 of this chapter, only pasteurized eggs and egg products are used when serving eggs or foods prepared with eggs that have not been heated adequately to kill Salmonella Enteritidis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>All shell eggs accepted for delivery, used, or provided to the consumer are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Produced by flocks that are certified to be in compliance with COMAR 15.11.11;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Supplied by a registered packer as provided in COMAR 15.04.01; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Pasteurized or otherwise heat-treated to kill Salmonella Enteriditis if Salmonella Enteriditis is isolated from a flock in Maryland as determined by testing procedures contained in COMAR 15.11.11;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>All egg cartons of shell eggs accepted for delivery, used, or provided to the consumer are labeled on the principal display or information panel with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Legible stamping in permanent ink;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The following information at a minimum type size of 1/16 of an inch:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The packer's or distributor's name and address;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The packer's registration number;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The lot designation of the eggs; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>A safe handling statement with the words “safe handling instructions” in bold capital letters and the statement “To prevent illness from bacteria: keep eggs refrigerated, cook eggs until yolks are firm, and cook foods containing eggs thoroughly.” set off in a box by hairlines;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The following information at a minimum type size of 1/4 of an inch:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The identity of the product as eggs; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The word “grade” and the grade term (AA or A) and size (weight) of the eggs; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The net quantity of eggs in weight or numerical count in at least the minimum type size permitted based on the space available for labeling as set forth in §B of this regulation, with the minimum type size measurement determined by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The height of type of printing by measuring the height of the lower case letter “o” or its equivalent when mixed upper and lower case letters are used; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The height of the upper case letters when only upper case letters are used;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>If the safe handling statement does not appear on the principal display panel or the front information panel, a separate statement that eggs be kept refrigerated is printed on either the principal display panel or the front of the information panel;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>The same information in at least the same minimum type size that is required on an egg carton is printed on the top of an egg case or any side of an egg case; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>The grade term and size (weight) on an egg carton is not abbreviated.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Table 1.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>