Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 4 - DIVISION OF MARKETING AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 46 - STANDARDS FOR SHELL EGGS › Section 4-46-3 - Standards for consumer grades for shell eggs

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				Consumer Grade AA shell eggs shall consist of eggs which are at least
				eighty-seven per cent AA quality. Within the maximum tolerance of thirteen per
				cent which may be below AA quality, not more than one per cent may be B quality
				due to air cells over three- eighths inch, blood spots aggregating not more
				than one-eighth inch in diameter, or serious yolk defects; not more than five
				per cent (seven per cent for jumbo size) may be checks; and not more than
				one-half of one per cent may be leakers, dirties, or loss due to meat or blood
				spots (other types of loss shall not be permitted) in any combination, except
				that such loss may not exceed three-tenths of one per cent. Additional
				tolerances shall be as provided in subsection (e).
(b) Consumer Grade A shell eggs shall consist
				of eggs which are at least eighty-seven per cent A quality or better. Within
				the maximum tolerance of thirteen per cent which may be below A quality, not
				more than one per cent may be B quality due to air cells over three-eighths
				inch, blood spots aggregating not more than one-eighth inch in diameter, or
				serious yolk defects; not more than five per cent (seven per cent for jumbo
				size) may be checks; and not more than one-half of one per cent may be leakers,
				dirties, or loss due to meat or blood spots (other types of loss shall not be
				permitted) in any combination, except that such loss may not exceed
				three-tenths of one per cent. Additional tolerances shall be as provided in
				subsection (e).
(c) Consumer Grade
				B shell eggs shall consist of eggs which are at least ninety per cent B quality
				or better. Within the maximum tolerance of ten per cent allowed for checks and
				other defects, not more than one-half of one per cent may be leakers, dirties,
				or loss due to meat or blood spots (other types of loss shall not be permitted)
				in any combination, except that such loss may not exceed three-tenths of one
				per cent. Additional tolerances shall be as provided in subsection
				(e).
(d) A summary of consumer
				grades is provided in the exhibit entitled "Table I. Summary of Consumer Grades
				for Shell Eggs (6/1/85)" located at the end of this chapter and which is made a
				part of this section.
(e) The
				following additional tolerances shall apply to consumer grades for shell eggs:
(1) In lots of two or more cases:
(A) For consumer grade AA shell eggs, no
				individual case may contain less than seventy-seven per cent AA quality eggs;
				more than a total of twenty-three per cent of A and B quality eggs; or more
				than ten per cent check eggs;
(B)
				For consumer grade A shell eggs, no individual case may contain less than
				seventy-seven per cent A quality eggs; more than twenty-three per cent B
				quality eggs; or more than ten per cent check eggs; and
(C) For consumer grade B shell eggs, no
				individual case may contain less than eighty per cent B quality eggs or more
				than twenty per cent check eggs;