Arizona Laws 3-718. Sale of eggs; invoice; deterioration of eggs below grade; exceptions
A. Every person selling eggs or egg products to a producer-dealer, dealer, retailer, manufacturer, hotel, hospital, bakery, restaurant or other eating place, or consumer shall furnish an invoice showing the date of sale, the exact quantity of eggs or egg products, size and grade of the eggs, or nest run, according to the standards prescribed pursuant to this chapter, together with the name and address of the person buying and selling the eggs. An egg purchase ticket given by a dealer or producer-dealer to a producer when the producer sells nest run eggs to such dealer or producer-dealer complies with this section. A copy of the invoice or egg purchase ticket shall be kept on file by the seller and the buyer at their respective places of business for a period of thirty days and shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection by an inspector.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-718
- Consumer: means a person who buys eggs for use as food and not for resale in any form. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Dealer: means any person who contracts for or obtains from the producer, or any producer-dealer, dealer or manufacturer, possession or control of any eggs or egg products for the purpose of candling, grading, selling, peddling, distributing, dealing in or trading in eggs or egg products for resale to an egg dealer within this state, producer-dealer, manufacturer, retailer or consumer for human consumption within this state. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Eggs: means eggs that are in the shell and that are from chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese or any other species of fowl. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Grade: means classified as to quality and applies to a dozen, case, lot or load of eggs. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Inspector: means an egg inspector who is appointed or assigned pursuant to section 3-709. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Manufacturer: means a person that is engaged in the business of operating or controlling the operation of one or more breaking plants producing liquid eggs, dried eggs, frozen eggs or other egg products for human consumption. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Marked: means plainly, legibly and conspicuously labeled, stamped, stenciled, printed, typed, lettered or branded. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Nest run eggs: means eggs that are packed as they come from the production facilities without having been washed, sized or candled for quality, regardless of whether some undergrades have been removed. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Person: includes an individual, household, firm, corporation, company or association. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Producer: means a person that is engaged in the business of operating or controlling the operation of one or more ranches producing eggs within this state. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Producer-dealer: means a person that is engaged in the business of operating or controlling the operation of one or more egg ranches producing eggs within the state, and that, while in possession or control of any additional eggs other than the person's own production, candles, grades, sells, peddles, distributes, deals in or trades in eggs for resale to dealers, producer-dealers, manufacturers or retailers. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Retailer: means a person that buys candled and graded eggs or egg products from a producer, licensed manufacturer, licensed producer-dealer or licensed dealer for resale to a consumer only, or that buys egg products to use in the preparation of other consumer foods for resale. See Arizona Laws 3-701
- Size: means classified as to weight. See Arizona Laws 3-701
B. A person having eggs marked in accordance with the invoice who keeps the eggs for such time after they are purchased as to cause them to deteriorate to a lower grade or size and then offers or exposes them for sale under the mark of the invoice grade or size violates this article.
C. No invoice shall be required on eggs when sales are made by the producer from eggs produced on the producer’s premises and sold direct to the consumer.
D. No invoice shall be required on eggs sold or delivered by a retailer when selling eggs from the retailer’s establishment to consumers.