Delaware § 3508 - Sanitation and related matters.
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§ 3508. Sanitation and related matters.
(a) Any person assembling, transporting, marketing, or processing graded eggs for marketing shall keep the eggs at a temperature in accordance with United States Department of Agriculture temperature requirements. In addition, any container, including the packaging material therein or associated therewith, shall be clean, unbroken and free from foreign odor.
(b) The Department of Agriculture shall by rules and regulations provide for the keeping, processing, transporting and sale of eggs under sanitary conditions.
(c) Nothing in this chapter or in any rules or regulations of the Department of Agriculture shall be construed to exempt any persons or premises from the application thereto of any laws otherwise applicable and relating to the operation of establishments or facilities for the storing, transporting, sale, distribution, preparation or serving of food.
43 Del. Laws, c. 88, § 8; 3 Del. C. 1953, § 3508; 56 Del. Laws, c. 258, § 1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 764, § 14; 69 Del. Laws, c. 98, § 1;Source: official Delaware text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 3508 ("Sanitation and related matters.") is part of the Delaware Code, the codified statutory law of Delaware. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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