A. No markings are required on cases, containers or subcontainers of eggs:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-720

  • Candling: means the visual examination of eggs to establish their quality by the use of transmitted light to determine the cleanliness and soundness of the shell, the size and condition of the aircell and the condition of the yolk, white and germ. See Arizona Laws 3-701
  • Case: means a standard thirty-dozen egg case as used in commercial practice in the United States. See Arizona Laws 3-701
  • Consumer: means a person who buys eggs for use as food and not for resale in any form. See Arizona Laws 3-701
  • Container: means any box, one-half case, basket, flat or other receptacle, excluding a carton and a case. See Arizona Laws 3-701
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Department: means the Arizona department of agriculture. See Arizona Laws 3-101
  • 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
  • Half case: means a fifteen-dozen container or one-half standard thirty-dozen egg case as used in commercial practice in the United States. See Arizona Laws 3-701
  • Marked: means plainly, legibly and conspicuously labeled, stamped, stenciled, printed, typed, lettered or branded. 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
  • Quality: means the inherent properties of any product that determine its relative degree of excellence. See Arizona Laws 3-701
  • Size: means classified as to weight. See Arizona Laws 3-701
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. When a case, half case or container contains properly-marked cartoned or packaged eggs.

2. When sold to and packed on a contract basis for the United States armed forces or United States government institutions if labeled with United States department of agriculture grades.

3. When packed for shipment or being shipped to points outside the state.

4. When sales are made by the producer from eggs produced on his own premises and sold direct to the consumer.

5. When being delivered from outside the state to dealers in the state for candling and grading.

6. When being delivered to or when in possession of a dealer for candling and grading, when being delivered to cold storage, when in cold storage or when being removed from cold storage, except that eggs which have been in an incubator shall be marked "hatchery test" together with the name and address of the hatchery of origin.

B. Eggs marked with United States department of agriculture grades as referred to in subsection A, paragraph 2, shall be considered in compliance with the rules prescribed under this chapter if the eggs so marked as to grade and size meet requirements of the comparable quality, grade and size designation prescribed under this chapter. Eggs shall not be marked with United States grade designations of a lower quality or size than comparable grades prescribed under this chapter.

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