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WA Rev Code § 69.25.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.030 - Purpose—Certain federal rules adopted by reference—Hearing, notice by director—Adoption of rules by director.

RCW 69.25.030 Purpose—Certain federal rules adopted by reference—Hearing, notice by director—Adoption of rules by director.The purpose of this chapter is to promote uniformity of state legislation and regulations with the federal egg products inspection act, 21 U.S.C. sec. 1031, et seq., and regulations adopted thereunder. In accord with such declared purpose, any regulations adopted under the federal egg products inspection act relating to eggs and egg products, as defined in *RCW 69.25.020 (11) and (12), in effect on July 1, 1975, are hereby deemed to have been adopted under the provisions hereof. Further, to promote such uniformity, any regulations adopted hereafter under the provisions of the federal egg products inspection act relating to eggs and egg products, as defined in *RCW 69.25.020 (11) and (12), and published in the federal register, shall be deemed to have been adopted under the provisions of this chapter in accord with chapter 34.05 RCW, as now or hereafter amended. The director may, however, within thirty days of the publication of the adoption of any such regulation under the federal egg products inspection act, give public notice that a hearing will be held to determine if such regulations shall not be applicable under the provisions of this chapter. Such hearing shall be in accord with the requirements of chapter 34.05 RCW, as now or hereafter amended.The director, in addition to the foregoing, may adopt any rule and regulation necessary to carry out the purpose and provisions of this chapter.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 4.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 69.25.020 was alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k), changing subsections (11) and (12) to subsections (15) and (13), respectively, effective August 1, 2012. RCW 69.25.020 was subsequently alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k), changing subsections (15) and (13) to subsections (16) and (14), respectively. RCW 69.25.020 was subsequently alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k), changing subsections (16) and (14) to subsections (18) and (15), respectively.
WA Rev Code § 69.25.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.040 - Application of administrative procedure act.

RCW 69.25.040 Application of administrative procedure act.The adoption, amendment, modification, or revocation of any rules or regulations under the provisions of this chapter, or the holding of a hearing in regard to a license issued or which may be issued or denied under the provisions of this chapter, shall be subject to the applicable provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, the administrative procedure act, as now or hereafter amended.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 69.25.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.050 - Egg handler's or dealer's license and number—Branch license—Application, fee, posting required, procedure.

RCW 69.25.050 Egg handler's or dealer's license and number—Branch license—Application, fee, posting required, procedure.(1)(a) No person may act as an egg handler or dealer without first obtaining an annual license and permanent dealer's number from the department.(b) Application for an egg dealer license and renewal or egg dealer branch license must be made through the business licensing system as provided under chapter 19.02 RCW and expires on the business license expiration date. The annual egg dealer license fee is thirty dollars and the annual egg dealer branch license fee is fifteen dollars. A copy of the business license issued under chapter 19.02 RCW must be posted at each location where the licensee operates. The application must include the full name of the applicant for the license, the location of each facility the applicant intends to operate, and, if applicable, documentation of compliance with RCW 69.25.065 or 69.25.103.(2) If an applicant is an individual, receiver, trustee, firm, partnership, association or corporation, the full name of each member of the firm or partnership or the names of the officers of the association or corporation must be given on the application. The application must further state the principal business address of the applicant in the state and elsewhere and the name of a person domiciled in this state authorized to receive and accept service of summons of legal notices of all kinds for the applicant and any other necessary information prescribed by the director.(3) The applicant must be issued a license or renewal under this section upon the approval of the application and compliance with the provisions of this chapter, including the applicable rules adopted by the department.(4) The license and permanent egg handler or dealer's number is nontransferable.[ 2013 c 144 § 45; 2011 c 306 § 2; 1995 c 374 § 26; 1982 c 182 § 43; 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 6.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 c 306: See note following RCW 69.25.020.Effective date—1995 c 374 §§ 1-47, 50-53, and 59-68: See note following RCW 15.36.012.Business license—Expiration date: RCW 19.02.090.Business licensing systemdefinition: RCW 69.25.020.to include additional licenses: RCW 19.02.110.
WA Rev Code § 69.25.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.060 - Egg handler's or dealer's license—Late renewal fee.

RCW 69.25.060 Egg handler's or dealer's license—Late renewal fee.If the application for the renewal of an egg handler's or dealer's license is not filed before the business license expiration date, the business license delinquency fee must be assessed under chapter 19.02 RCW and must be paid by the applicant before the renewal license is issued.[ 2013 c 144 § 46; 1982 c 182 § 44; 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 7.]NOTES:Business licensedelinquency fee—Rate—Disposition: RCW 19.02.085.expiration date: RCW 19.02.090.
WA Rev Code § 69.25.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.070 - Egg handler's or dealer's license—Denial, suspension, revocation, or conditional issuance.

RCW 69.25.070 Egg handler's or dealer's license—Denial, suspension, revocation, or conditional issuance.The department shall deny, suspend, or revoke a license or a conditional license if it determines that an applicant or licensee has committed any of the following acts:(1) That the applicant or licensee is violating or has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations adopted thereunder.(2) That the application contains any materially false or misleading statement or involves any misrepresentation by any officer, agent, or employee of the applicant.(3) That the applicant or licensee has concealed or withheld any facts regarding any violation of this chapter by any officer, agent, or employee of the applicant or licensee.[ 2019 c 276 § 5; 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 8.]NOTES:Finding—Purpose—2019 c 276: See note following RCW 69.25.010.Construction—2019 c 276: See note following RCW 69.25.065.
WA Rev Code § 69.25.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.090 - Sanitary operation of official plants—Inspection refused if requirements not met.

RCW 69.25.090 Sanitary operation of official plants—Inspection refused if requirements not met.(1) The operator of each official plant shall operate such plant in accordance with such sanitary practices and shall have such premises, facilities, and equipment as are required by regulations promulgated by the director to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, including requirements for segregation and disposition of restricted eggs.(2) The director shall refuse to render inspection to any plant whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of this section.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 69.25.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.100 - Egg products—Pasteurization—Labeling requirements—False or misleading labels or containers—Director may order use of withheld—Hearing, determination, and appeal.

RCW 69.25.100 Egg products—Pasteurization—Labeling requirements—False or misleading labels or containers—Director may order use of withheld—Hearing, determination, and appeal.(1) Egg products inspected at any official plant under the authority of this chapter and found to be not adulterated shall be pasteurized before they leave the official plant, except as otherwise permitted by regulations of the director, and shall at the time they leave the official plant, bear in distinctly legible form on their shipping containers or immediate containers, or both, when required by regulations of the director, the official inspection legend and official plant number, of the plant where the products were processed, and such other information as the director may require by regulations to describe the products adequately and to assure that they will not have false or misleading labeling.(2) No labeling or container shall be used for egg products at official plants if it is false or misleading or has not been approved as required by the regulations of the director. If the director has reason to believe that any labeling or the size or form of any container in use or proposed for use with respect to egg products at any official plant is false or misleading in any particular, he or she may direct that such use be withheld unless the labeling or container is modified in such manner as he or she may prescribe so that it will not be false or misleading. If the person using or proposing to use the labeling or container does not accept the determination of the director, such person may request a hearing, but the use of the labeling or container shall, if the director so directs, be withheld pending hearing and final determination by the director. Any such determination by the director shall be conclusive unless, within thirty days after receipt of notice of such final determination, the person adversely affected thereby appeals to the superior court in the county in which such person has its principal place of business.[ 2012 c 117 § 347; 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 69.25.103 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.103 - Eggs or egg products—In-state production—Associated commercial egg layer operation compliance with applicable standards.

RCW 69.25.103 Eggs or egg products—In-state production—Associated commercial egg layer operation compliance with applicable standards.Any egg handler or dealer involved with the in-state production of eggs or egg products only intended for sale outside of the state of Washington must ensure that the associated commercial egg layer operation is in compliance with the applicable standards as provided in RCW 69.25.065 and 69.25.107.[ 2019 c 276 § 6; 2011 c 306 § 4.]NOTES:Finding—Purpose—2019 c 276: See note following RCW 69.25.010.Construction—2019 c 276: See note following RCW 69.25.065.Effective date—2011 c 306: See note following RCW 69.25.020.
WA Rev Code § 69.25.107 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.107 - Commercial egg layer operations—Requirements.

RCW 69.25.107 Commercial egg layer operations—Requirements.(1) All commercial egg layer operations required under RCW 69.25.065 to meet the American humane association facility system plan, or an equivalent to the plan, must also ensure that all hens in the operation are provided with:(a) No less than one hundred sixteen and three-tenths square inches of space per hen; and(b) Access to areas for nesting, scratching, and perching.(2) All commercial egg layer operations required under RCW 69.25.065 to house egg-laying hens with at a minimum the amount of usable floor space per hen required by the 2017 edition of the united egg producers' Animal Husbandry Guidelines for United States Egg-Laying Flocks: Guidelines for Cage-Free Housing, or a subsequent version of the plan recognized by the department in rule as providing equal or more useable floor space per egg-laying hen, must ensure that the hens are housed in a cage-free housing system.(3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply:(a) During medical research;(b) During examination, testing, individual treatment, or operation for veterinary purposes;(c) During transportation, or depopulation operations for periods of no more than seven days in any eighteen-month period;(d) During rodeo exhibitions, state or county fair exhibitions, 4-H programs, and similar exhibitions;(e) During the slaughter of an egg-laying hen in accordance with applicable laws and regulations; or(f) During temporary periods for animal husbandry purposes of no more than six hours in any twenty-four hour period, and no more than twenty-four hours in any thirty-day period.(4) The requirements of this section apply for any commercial egg layer operation on the same dates that RCW 69.25.065 requires compliance with the American humane association facility system plan or an equivalent to the plan, or requires housing egg-laying hens with at a minimum the amount of usable floor space per hen required by the united egg producers' Animal Husbandry Guidelines for United States Egg-Laying Flocks: Guidelines for Cage-Free Housing or an equivalent to the guidelines.[ 2019 c 276 § 7; 2011 c 306 § 5.]NOTES:Finding—Purpose—2019 c 276: See note following RCW 69.25.010.Construction—2019 c 276: See note following RCW 69.25.065.Effective date—2011 c 306: See note following RCW 69.25.020.
WA Rev Code § 69.25.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.120 - Director to cooperate with other agencies—May conduct examinations.

RCW 69.25.120 Director to cooperate with other agencies—May conduct examinations.The director shall, whenever he or she determines that it would effectuate the purposes of this chapter, cooperate with any state, federal, or other governmental agencies in carrying out any provisions of this chapter. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the director may conduct such examinations, investigations, and inspections as he or she determines practicable through any officer or employee of any such agency commissioned by him or her for such purpose.[ 2012 c 117 § 349; 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 69.25.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.130 - Eggs or egg products not intended for use as human food—Identification or denaturing required.

RCW 69.25.130 Eggs or egg products not intended for use as human food—Identification or denaturing required.Inspection shall not be provided under this chapter at any plant for the processing of any egg products which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, shall be denatured or identified as prescribed by regulations of the director to deter their use for human food. No person shall buy, sell, or transport or offer to buy or sell, or offer or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any restricted eggs or egg products which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or identified as required by the regulations of the director.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 69.25.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.140 - Records required, access to and copying of.

RCW 69.25.140 Records required, access to and copying of.For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all persons engaged in the business of transporting, shipping, or receiving any eggs or egg products in intrastate commerce or in interstate commerce, or holding such articles so received, and all egg handlers, shall maintain such records showing, for such time and in such form and manner, as the director may prescribe, to the extent that they are concerned therewith, the receipt, delivery, sale, movement, and disposition of all eggs and egg products handled by them, and shall, upon the request of the director, permit him or her at reasonable times to have access to and to copy all such records.[ 2012 c 117 § 350; 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 69.25.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.150 - Penalties—Liability of employer—Defense.

RCW 69.25.150 Penalties—Liability of employer—Defense.(1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, any person violating any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) A second or subsequent violation is a gross misdemeanor. Any offense committed more than five years after a previous conviction shall be considered a first offense.(2) Whenever the director finds that a person has committed a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, and that violation has not been punished pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the director may impose upon and collect from the violator a civil penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars per violation per day. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense.(3) When construing or enforcing the provisions of RCW 69.25.110, the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by any individual, partnership, corporation, or association within the scope of the person's employment or office shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such individual, partnership, corporation, or association, as well as of such person.(4) No carrier or warehouse operator shall be subject to the penalties of this chapter, other than the penalties for violation of RCW 69.25.140, or 69.25.155, by reason of his or her receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery, in the usual course of business, as a carrier or warehouse operator of eggs or egg products owned by another person unless the carrier or warehouse operator has knowledge, or is in possession of facts which would cause a reasonable person to believe that such eggs or egg products were not eligible for transportation under, or were otherwise in violation of, this chapter, or unless the carrier or warehouse operator refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the director the name and address of the person from whom he or she received such eggs or egg products and copies of all documents, if there be any, pertaining to the delivery of the eggs or egg products to, or by, such carrier or warehouse operator.[ 2011 c 336 § 836; 2003 c 53 § 317; 1995 c 374 § 27; 1992 c 7 § 47; 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 16.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.Effective date—1995 c 374 §§ 1-47, 50-53, and 59-68: See note following RCW 15.36.012.
WA Rev Code § 69.25.155 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.155 - Interference with person performing official duties.

RCW 69.25.155 Interference with person performing official duties.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who forcibly assaults, resists, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his or her official duties under this chapter is guilty of a class C felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than three years, or both.(2) Whoever, in the commission of any act described in subsection (1) of this section, uses a deadly or dangerous weapon is guilty of a class B felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than ten years, or both.[ 2003 c 53 § 318.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 69.25.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.160 - Notice of violation—May take place of prosecution.

RCW 69.25.160 Notice of violation—May take place of prosecution.Before any violation of this chapter, other than RCW 69.25.155, is reported by the director to any prosecuting attorney for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given reasonable notice of the alleged violation and opportunity to present his or her views orally or in writing with regard to such contemplated proceeding. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director to report for criminal prosecution violation of this chapter whenever he or she believes that the public interest will be adequately served and compliance with this chapter obtained by a suitable written notice of warning.[ 2003 c 53 § 319; 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 17.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 69.25.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons|Chapter 69.25 - Washington Wholesome Eggs and Egg Products Act.|69.25.170 - Exemptions permitted by rule of director.

RCW 69.25.170 Exemptions permitted by rule of director.(1) The director may, by regulation and under such conditions and procedures as he or she may prescribe, exempt from specific provisions of this chapter:(a) The sale, transportation, possession, or use of eggs which contain no more restricted eggs than are allowed by the tolerance in the official state standards for consumer grades for shell eggs;(b) The processing of egg products at any plant where the facilities and operating procedures meet such sanitary standards as may be prescribed by the director, and where the eggs received or used in the manufacture of egg products contain no more restricted eggs than are allowed by the official standards of the state consumer grades for shell eggs, and the egg products processed at such plant;(c) The sale of eggs by any poultry producer from his or her own flocks directly to a household consumer exclusively for use by such consumer and members of his or her household and his or her nonpaying guests and employees, and the transportation, possession, and use of such eggs in accordance with this subsection;(d) The sale of eggs by shell egg packers on his or her own premises directly to household consumers for use by such consumer and members of his or her household and his or her nonpaying guests and employees, and the transportation, possession, and use of such eggs in accordance with this subsection;(e) The sale of eggs by any egg producer with an annual egg production from a flock of three thousand hens or less.(2) The director may modify or revoke any regulation granting exemption under this chapter whenever he or she deems such action appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.[ 2012 c 117 § 351; 1995 c 374 § 28; 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 18.]NOTES:Effective date—1995 c 374 §§ 1-47, 50-53, and 59-68: See note following RCW 15.36.012.