Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 3 › Subtitle 15 - FOOD › Chapter 10.15.03 - Food Service Facilities › Section 10.15.03.05 - Eggs and Egg Products

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. The
				  person-in-charge shall ensure that:
(1) Only
				  clean, whole Grade A or higher grade eggs with shell intact and without cracks,
				  or pasteurized eggs or egg products, are used;
(2) An invoice or other equivalent record is
				  obtained from the supplier for each delivery of shell eggs;
(3) The invoice or equivalent record required
				  in §A(2) of this regulation contains the following information written in
				  English:
(a) Name and address of the seller
				  and buyer;
(b) Date of
				  delivery;
(c) Grade and size of
				  eggs delivered; and
(d) Quantity of
				  eggs sold in number by grade and size;
(4) When loose eggs are distributed, offered
				  for sale, or sold directly to a consumer in Maryland:
(a) A daily record is maintained that shows
				  the lot designation of the shell eggs for each packer;
(b) A placard is displayed that:
(i) Is legible and printed in block letters
				  not less than 3/8 inch in height;
(ii) Is a minimum size of 4-1/4 inches by 6
				  inches;
(iii) Plainly and
				  conspicuously displays the eggs' grade term, size (weight), and lot
				  designation; and
(iv) Is placed on
				  or near the eggs; and
(c) Egg cartons are labeled in accordance
				  with §A(9), (10), and (12) of this regulation;
(5) All egg invoices, daily records, or other
				  equivalent records are kept on file for a minimum of 90 days;
(6) 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;
(7) 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;
(8) All
				  shell eggs accepted for delivery, used, or provided to the consumer are:
(a) Produced by flocks that are certified to
				  be in compliance with COMAR 15.11.11;
(b) Supplied by a registered packer as
				  provided in COMAR 15.04.01; and
(c)
				  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;
(9) 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:
(a)
				  Legible stamping in permanent ink;
(b) The following information at a minimum
				  type size of 1/16 of an inch:
(i) The
				  packer's or distributor's name and address;
(ii) The packer's registration
				  number;
(iii) The lot designation
				  of the eggs; and
(iv) 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;
(c) The following information at a minimum
				  type size of 1/4 of an inch:
(i) The identity
				  of the product as eggs; and
(ii)
				  The word "grade" and the grade term (AA or A) and size (weight) of the eggs;
				  and
(d) 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:
(i) 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
(ii) The height of the upper case letters
				  when only upper case letters are used;
(10) 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;
(11) 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
(12) The grade term and size (weight) on an
				  egg carton is not abbreviated.