Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 65 - EGG AND EGG PRODUCTS ACT › Section 65.190 - Restricted Eggs (Definition, Labeling, Handling, Disposition)

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) "Restricted eggs" means shell eggs that
			 are checks, dirties, incubator rejects, inedibles, leakers or loss. Except for
			 the producer exemption provided in subsection (c), checks and dirties may be
			 used for human food provided they are processed and pasteurized in an official
			 plant.
b) "Capable of use as human
			 food" means any egg or egg product, unless it is denatured, or otherwise
			 identified as required by Federal regulation, to deter its use as human food (
			 7 CFR 59 (2004)).
c) Within the
			 classifications of eggs defined as restricted eggs, only checks and dirties are
			 capable of use as human food, unless they are destroyed or identified and
			 labeled for animal food. Checks and dirties shall be sold directly or
			 indirectly only to an official plant. However, a producer may sell on his own
			 premises where eggs are produced checks and dirties directly to household
			 consumers, for use by the consumer and the consumer's non-paying
			 guests.
d) Producer-dealers,
			 packers, handlers, distributors, or retailers shall not sell on or off the
			 premises within the State any restricted eggs to any person, including
			 consumers, institutional consumers or employees.
e) Restricted eggs will not be given free,
			 for use as human food, to any person, including but not limited to
			 institutional consumers, charitable organizations, or any employee.
f) Restricted eggs may be designated for
			 animal food only when properly decharacterized or denatured to preclude their
			 use in food for human consumption, and each container or receptacle shall be
			 labeled "Restricted eggs, Not to be used as human food". However, restricted
			 eggs that are not decharacterized or denatured may be moved from one USDA
			 licensed plant to another USDA licensed plant.
g) Inedible and loss eggs must be denatured
			 at the point and time of segregation. If the liquid is removed from the shells,
			 approved denaturant must be placed in the receptacle provided, before the
			 liquid is added. If loss eggs are placed on fillerflats or in flats and
			 fillers, or in any other manner, each layer of eggs must be denatured before
			 another one is started. However, inedible and loss eggs under USDA inspection
			 and control shall be handled in accordance with USDA recommendations.
h) Checks and dirties must be conspicuously
			 labeled at the point and time of segregation with a placard or other device.
			 Full or partial master cases containing checks and dirties must be labeled
			 before transfer to the cooler.
i)
			 Producer-dealers with fewer than 3000 birds, or any producers, regardless of
			 size, who do no candling and grading, are not required to register under the
			 Federal Egg Products Inspection Act. Producer-dealers with fewer than 3000
			 birds who candle and grade eggs must be licensed by the State and are subject
			 to this Part as it applies to restricted eggs.