The standards, grades, and weight classes for shell eggs adopted by the United States department of agriculture, agricultural marketing service, poultry division, effective July 1, 1958, are hereby adopted as the standards, grades, and weight classes for shell eggs of this state, provided that the term “United States” or “U.S.” need not be used in designating the grades or weight classes of shell eggs and the term “consumer” need not be used in designating the consumer grades and weight classes for shell eggs.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 925.02

  • agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59

Supplements to and revisions of the above federal standards, grades, and weight classes for shell eggs shall be adopted by the director of agriculture in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code.

Sections 3715.01, 3715.02, and 3715.52 to 3715.71 of the Revised Code apply to shell eggs when such sections are not in conflict with sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code.