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MO Rev Stat § 196.311 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.311 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   196.311. Definitions. — Unless otherwise indicated by the context, when used in sections 196.311 to 196.361:  (1) "Consumer" means any person who purchases eggs for his or her own family use or consumption; or any restaurant, hotel, boardinghouse, bakery, or other institution or concern which purchases eggs for serving to guests or patrons thereof, or for its own use in cooking, baking, or manufacturing their products;  (2) "Container" means any box, case, basket, carton, sack, bag, or other receptacle. "Subcontainer" means any container when being used within another container;  (3) "Dealer" means any person who purchases eggs from the producers thereof, or another dealer, for the purpose of selling such eggs to another dealer, a processor, or retailer;  (4) "Denatured" means eggs (a) made unfit for human food by treatment or the addition of a foreign substance, or (b) with one-half or more of the shell's surface covered by a permanent black, dark purple or dark blue dye;  (5) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture;  (6) "Eggs" means the shell eggs of a domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea that are intended for human consumption;  (7) "Inedible eggs" means eggs which are defined as such in the rules and regulations of the director adopted under sections 196.311 to 196.361, which definition shall conform to the specifications adopted therefor by the United States Department of Agriculture;  (8) "Person" means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, exchange, association, trustee, receiver, corporation or any other business organization, and any member, officer or employee thereof;  (9) "Processor" means any person engaged in breaking eggs or manufacturing or processing egg liquids, whole egg meats, yolks, whites, or any mixture of yolks and whites, with or without the addition of other ingredients, whether chilled, frozen, condensed, concentrated, dried, powdered or desiccated;  (10) "Retailer" means any person who sells eggs to a consumer;  (11) "Sell" means offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession for sale, exchange, barter, or trade. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.310, A.L. 2013 H.B. 542 merged with S.B. 329)
MO Rev Stat § 196.313 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.313 - License to sell eggs required — exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.313. License to sell eggs required — exceptions. — No person shall buy, sell, trade or traffic in eggs in this state without a license with the following exceptions:  (1) Those who sell only eggs produced by their own flocks, provided such eggs are not sold at an established place of business away from the premises of such producer;  (2) Hatcheries which purchase eggs used exclusively for hatching purposes;  (3) Hotels, restaurants, and other public eating places where all eggs purchased are served in the establishment;  (4) Bakeries, confectioneries, and ice cream manufacturers purchasing eggs for use and used only in the manufacture of their products. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.332)
MO Rev Stat § 196.316 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.316 - License requirements — applications — kinds of licenses — fees — posting.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   196.316. License requirements — applications — kinds of licenses — fees — posting. — 1. All persons engaged in buying, selling, trading or trafficking in, or processing eggs, except those listed in section 196.313, shall be required to be licensed under sections 196.311 to 196.361. Such persons shall file an annual application for such license on forms to be prescribed by the director, and shall obtain an annual license for each separate place of business from the director. The following types of licenses shall be issued:  (1) A "retailer's license" shall be required of any person defined as a retailer in section 196.311. A holder of a retailer's license shall not, by virtue of such license, be permitted or authorized to buy eggs from any person other than a licensed dealer, and any retailer desiring to buy eggs from persons other than licensed dealers shall obtain a dealer's license in addition to a retailer's license.  (2) A "dealer's license" shall be required of any person defined as a dealer in section 196.311. A holder of a dealer's license shall not, by virtue of such license, be authorized or permitted to sell eggs to consumers, and any dealer desiring to sell eggs to consumers shall obtain a retailer's license in addition to a dealer's license.  (3) A "processor's license" shall be required of any person defined as a processor in section 196.311. A holder of a processor's license shall not, by virtue of such license, be authorized or permitted to sell eggs in the shell to other persons, and any person desiring to sell eggs in the shell to other persons shall obtain a dealer's license in addition to a processor's license.  2. The annual license fee shall be:   (1) Retailers $ 5.00   (2) Dealers—License fees for dealers shall be determined on the basis of cases (30 dozen per case) of eggs sold in the shell in any one week, as follows:    (a) 1 to 25 cases $ 5.00   (b) 26 to 50 cases 12.50   (c) 51 to 100 cases 25.00   (d) more than 100 cases 50.00   (3) Processors—License fees for processors shall be determined on the basis of cases (30 dozen per case) of eggs, or the equivalent in liquid or frozen eggs, processed in any one day, as follows:    (a) Less than 50 cases $ 25.00   (b) More than 50 and less than 250 cases 50.00    (c) More than 250 and less than 1000 cases 75.00    (d) More than 1000 cases 100.00    3. All licenses shall be conspicuously posted in the place of business to which it applies. The license year shall be twelve months, or any fraction thereof, beginning July first and ending June thirtieth.  4. No license shall be transferable, but it may be moved from one place to another by the consent of the director.  5. All moneys received from license fees collected hereunder shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the agriculture protection fund created in section 261.200. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.335, A.L. 2010 S.B. 795)
MO Rev Stat § 196.318 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.318 - Licensees to keep records.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.318. Licensees to keep records. — All persons licensed under the provisions of sections 196.311 to 196.361 shall keep records of purchases and sales of eggs, of the grades of eggs bought and sold, and other related information necessary for the proper enforcement of sections 196.311 to 196.361, in the manner and form, and for such reasonable period of time, as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the director. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.337)
MO Rev Stat § 196.321 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.321 - Standards and grades to be fixed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.321. Standards and grades to be fixed. — The quality standards for grades of eggs, the size designation and standards therefor by weight, and tolerances within grades, shall be established by the director through the promulgation and issuance of regulations; provided, the quality standards and designations, size standards and designations, and tolerances within grades shall not be lower than those established by the United States Department of Agriculture. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.312)
MO Rev Stat § 196.323 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.323 - Kinds of eggs which may be sold.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.323. Kinds of eggs which may be sold. — 1. Only eggs of the quality standard designated Grade "AA", Grade "A", Grade "B", or Grade "C", shall be sold to any consumer by any person.  2. Inedible eggs shall not be bought, sold or trafficked in and any inedible eggs found in the hands of any person are declared to be contraband and shall be destroyed as contraband. The director, by regulation, may permit the sale and use of denatured inedible eggs for purposes other than human food. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 §§ 196.315, 196.317)
MO Rev Stat § 196.326 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.326 - Egg containers to be marked or labeled.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.326. Egg containers to be marked or labeled. — Eggs, which have been graded as to quality and size for sale to consumers, shall not be prepared, packed, placed, delivered for shipment or sale, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold in bulk or in containers or subcontainers:  (1) Unless each container and subcontainer of eggs is marked with the full, correct and unabbreviated designation of size and quality of the eggs therein, according to the standards established by the director, together with the name and address of the producer, dealer, retailer, or agent by or for whom the eggs were graded or marked;  (2) Unless all markings on any container which do not properly and accurately apply to the eggs placed or packed therein have been removed, erased or obliterated;  (3) Which are mislabeled by the placing or presence of any false, deceptive or misleading mark, term, statement, design, device, inscription, or any other designation, upon any eggs or upon any container or subcontainer of eggs, or upon the label or lining or wrapper thereof, or upon any placard or sign used in connection therewith, or in connection with any bulk lot or display having reference to eggs;  (4) Which are deceptive by any arrangement of the contents of any container, or subcontainer, or of any lot, load, or display, in which the eggs in the outer layer or in any portion exposed to view are in quality, size, condition, or in any other respect so superior to those in the interior or unexposed portion as to materially misrepresent the contents or any part thereof as to size, quality, condition, or any other respects;  (5) Unless designations of size and quality upon containers and subcontainers of eggs shall be plainly and conspicuously marked in boldface type letters on a contrasting background of (a) not less than three-eighths of an inch in height on the outside top face of each container holding less than fifteen dozen eggs, and (b) not less than two inches in height on one outside end of any oblong container holding fifteen dozen or more eggs, and on one outside side of any other container holding fifteen dozen or more eggs. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.320)
MO Rev Stat § 196.328 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.328 - Containers not required to be marked, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.328. Containers not required to be marked, when. — No markings are required on containers or subcontainers of eggs:  (1) When sold at retail from a properly marked bulk display and packaged in the presence of the purchaser for the immediate purpose of the sale;  (2) When sales are made without advertising, by the producer, from eggs produced on his own premises and are not sold at an established place of business away from premises of such producer;  (3) On containers of fifteen dozen or more eggs which contain properly marked subcontainers. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.322)
MO Rev Stat § 196.331 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.331 - Sign required on sale from bulk lots.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.331. Sign required on sale from bulk lots. — Eggs shall not be sold to consumers, from bulk lots without displaying a plainly legible sign or placard conspicuously placed and posted in such a position as to clearly and accurately identify the eggs designated thereby, marked with the full, correct and unabbreviated designation of quality and size of such eggs in boldface type letters not less than one inch in height, according to the standards established by the director. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.325)
MO Rev Stat § 196.333 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.333 - Markings in case of eggs from different species of fowl.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.333. Markings in case of eggs from different species of fowl. — No person shall sell or represent eggs from any other species of fowl as chicken eggs, or sell mixed eggs from more than one species of fowl, or eggs from ducks, turkeys, geese, or any species of fowl other than chickens, without marking the containers and subcontainers of such eggs or otherwise indicating fully by sign, placard or other inscription the species of fowl from which such eggs were produced. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.327)
MO Rev Stat § 196.336 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.336 - Advertisements of price to give size and quality.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.336. Advertisements of price to give size and quality. — No person shall advertise by sign, placard, or otherwise, the price at which eggs are offered for sale without marking the full, correct, and unabbreviated designation of size and quality of such eggs on such advertisement, in conjunction with the price. Such designations of size and quality shall be in boldface type or other conspicuous letters, and at least one-half the size of the letters or figures used to designate the price of such eggs. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.330)
MO Rev Stat § 196.338 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.338 - Dealer to furnish retailer with invoice showing size and quality.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.338. Dealer to furnish retailer with invoice showing size and quality. — Every dealer selling eggs to a retailer shall furnish an invoice showing the size and quality of such eggs according to the standards prescribed by sections 196.311 to 196.361 and by the rules and regulations of the director. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.340)
MO Rev Stat § 196.341 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.341 - Processing plants kept clean — standards — inspection — rulemaking, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   196.341. Processing plants kept clean — standards — inspection — rulemaking, procedure. — The premises, plants and facilities operated and maintained by egg processors shall be operated and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. The director shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to this section and chapter 536 establishing standards of cleanliness and sanitation for such premises, plants and facilities, and the director, or his authorized agents or representatives, are authorized and empowered to inspect such premises, plants and facilities in order to enforce such cleanliness and sanitation requirements. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 196.311 to 196.361 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.342, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
MO Rev Stat § 196.343 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.343 - Inspection of business premises and records.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.343. Inspection of business premises and records. — The director, or his authorized agents or representatives, may enter, during the regular business hours, any establishment where eggs are bought, stored, sold, offered for sale, or processed, in order to inspect and examine eggs, the products of eggs, egg containers, and the premises, and to examine the records of such establishments relating thereto. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.345)
MO Rev Stat § 196.346 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.346 - Stop-sale orders, effect — appeals.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   196.346. Stop-sale orders, effect — appeals. — The director, or his authorized agents or representatives, are authorized and empowered to issue and enforce a written or printed "Stop-Sale" order to the owner or custodian of any eggs which are found to be in violation of any of the provisions of sections 196.311 to 196.361, or the rules or regulations adopted under the authority of sections 196.311 to 196.361, which order shall prohibit the further sale of such eggs until sections 196.311 to 196.361 have been complied with and the owner or custodian shall have the right to take such steps as may be possible to bring the eggs into compliance, such as regrading or relabeling, and, provided that in respect to eggs that have been denied sale as provided in sections 196.311 to 196.361, the owner or custodian of such eggs shall have the right to appeal from such order to the circuit court of the county or city in which the eggs are located, praying for a judgment as to the justification of such order and for the discharge of such eggs from the order prohibiting the sale in accordance with the findings of the court. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.347, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-2-79
MO Rev Stat § 196.348 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.348 - Court may order seizure of eggs, when — condemnation.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   196.348. Court may order seizure of eggs, when — condemnation. — Any eggs found in the possession of an owner or custodian and not in compliance with the provisions of sections 196.311 to 196.361, or the rules or regulations adopted hereunder, shall be subject to seizure upon complaint of the director to the circuit court of the county or city in which such eggs are located. Such seizure shall not be made until the owner or custodian of the eggs has been given forty-eight hours from the time of a "Stop-Sale" order to bring the eggs into compliance with sections 196.311 to 196.361, or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder. In the event the court finds that the eggs do not comply with sections 196.311 to 196.361, or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder, it shall order the condemnation thereof, and the eggs shall be denatured, processed, destroyed, regraded, relabeled, or otherwise disposed of by the court. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.350, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-2-79
MO Rev Stat § 196.351 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.351 - License suspended or revoked, when, procedure — appeal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.351. License suspended or revoked, when, procedure — appeal. — The director is hereby authorized and empowered to suspend or revoke the license of any dealer, processor, or retailer, or to refuse to issue a license to any applicant therefor if the director, after a public hearing, has found that such dealer, processor, retailer, or applicant for a license, has violated any of the provisions of sections 196.311 to 196.361, or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder. Any such dealer, processor, retailer, or applicant shall have full rights to have counsel, to produce witnesses in his behalf at such hearing, and to have ten days' notice in writing of the date, time and place of such hearing, and the charges and grounds upon which his license is sought to be revoked or suspended, or to be refused a license. The order of suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue a license, shall not become final until ten days after the date thereof, and after the party to the proceeding has been notified in writing of the action of the director. Any party to the proceedings that is aggrieved by any final decision or order of the director, may appeal such order in the manner provided for such appeals in the Administrative Procedure Act of Missouri (Chapter 536). ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.352)
MO Rev Stat § 196.352 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.352 - Civil penalty authorized, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019   196.352. Civil penalty authorized, when. — In addition to the penalties and remedies provided in sections 196.311 to 196.361, if the director determines, after inquiry and opportunity for a hearing, that any individual is in violation of any provision of sections 196.311 to 196.361 or any regulation promulgated thereunder, the director shall have the authority to assess a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each violation and not more than five hundred dollars for each day such violation continues. Any individual aggrieved by any act of the director under this section may appeal according to the provisions of chapter 621. ­­-------- (L. 2019 S.B. 133)
MO Rev Stat § 196.354 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.354 - Duties of director of agriculture — rules and regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   196.354. Duties of director of agriculture — rules and regulations. — The duty of enforcing sections 196.311 to 196.361 is vested in the director who shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to secure the enforcement of and carry out the provisions of sections 196.311 to 196.361. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.355, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
MO Rev Stat § 196.357 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.357 - Violations may be enjoined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.357. Violations may be enjoined. — In addition to the remedies provided for in sections 196.311 to 196.361 or by law, the prosecuting attorney of any county in which a violation of any provision of sections 196.311 to 196.361 occurs or the attorney general of the state, is hereby authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction to restrain any person from violating any provision of sections 196.311 to 196.361. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701)
MO Rev Stat § 196.361 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 196 - Food, Drugs and Tobacco|Section 196.361 - Violation a misdemeanor.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   196.361. Violation a misdemeanor. — Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 196.311 to 196.361 shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.360)