Connecticut § 22-41 - Grades of eggs.
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§ 22-41. Grades of eggs.
Sec. 22-41. Grades of eggs. All shell eggs of chickens sold or offered for sale by any person, firm or corporation shall meet at least one of the consumer grades for shell eggs established by the United States Department of Agriculture under the federal Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended from time to time. Nonconforming edible eggs of chickens shall be sold as “undergrade eggs”, or as “checks”, “cracks” or “dirties”. The final determination as to meeting these grades shall be made by candling.
(1949 Rev., S. 3078; 1949, S. 1707d; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 14; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-241, S. 2.)
History: 1959 acts required consultation with commissioner of consumer protection re standards for graded eggs and replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced separate Commissioners of Agriculture and Consumer Protection with single Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 13-241 replaced former requirement re grading of eggs with requirement that grading of shell eggs of chickens shall meet at least one of the consumer grades for shell eggs established by U.S. Department of Agriculture under the federal Egg Products Inspection Act and added provision re sale of nonconforming edible eggs of chickens, effective July 2, 2013.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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