¿Puedes vender huevos de tus gallinas en Massachusetts?

“A Retail Food Code permit is not required for farms selling whole, uncut fresh fruits and vegetables, unprocessed honey, pure maple products, or farm fresh eggs which are stored and maintained at 45°F (7.2°C) or less.”

“For wholesale sellers of uncut fresh fruits and vegetables and farmers who produce and sell raw farm products at wholesale, including eggs, a Food Manufacturing Code permit is not required under MGL ch.94 s. 305C.”

“No permit from the board of health is required to sell the following products from a public market or farmers market: … (d) Farm fresh eggs which are stored and maintained at 45°F (7.2°C) or less.”

“Except as specified 105 CMR 590.010(D)(1), a vendor at a public market or farmers market shall not sell or serve food unless it has been approved to do so and has obtained a valid permit from the board of health.”

“An operation stand that only offers whole, uncut fresh fruits and vegetables, unprocessed honey, pure maple products, or farm fresh eggs which are stored and maintained at 45°F (7.2°C) or below;”

“No permit from the board of health is required if a temporary food establishment only sells whole, uncut fresh fruits and vegetables, unprocessed honey, pure maple products, or farm fresh eggs which are stored and maintained at 45ºF (7.2ºC) or less.”

“Said license requirement shall not apply to any person who is a purveyor of fresh fruits and vegetables, a farmer who produces and sells raw farm products, including eggs,”

“All eggs for sale at retail in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be grade AA, A, B, or not graded and shall be in containers so marked or branded, with letters not less than three-eighths of an inch in height.”

“Any edible egg not conforming to Grades AA, A or B may only be: 1. Sold as a Check or Stain for further processing; or 2. Sold at the site-of-production directly from the producer to the household consumer.”

“No Person shall sell any eggs to a retailer unless upon delivery, an invoice identifying the seller, buyer, grade and size of the eggs is provided to the retailer.”

“No Person shall sell any Check, Stain, inedible egg, Loss or Leaker as "not graded."”

“Not Graded. Not graded means any egg which has not been candled to determine if it meets the standard for grade AA, A or B and which is not inedible, a Loss or a Leaker.”

“330 CMR 5.00: Poultry Date: 10/07/2016”

“The standards of quality for the Massachusetts consumers grades of shell eggs shall be grade ''AA'', ''A'', ''B'' or ''not graded.'' … Eggs described as ''farm fresh eggs'', ''fresh eggs'', ''strictly fresh eggs'', ''nearby eggs'', or ''native eggs'' or eggs described with words of similar import shall meet the specifications of section ninety A.”

“No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, eggs unless the carton or other container thereof contains or bears a proper designation or description relating to the size of such eggs”

“nor shall they apply to the sale, or offering or exposing for sale, of eggs unsorted as to size, if the cartons or other containers thereof are plainly and conspicuously marked and identified as ''not sized''”

“(1) the shell shall be clean and sound, (2) the air cell shall be not more than one quarter inch in depth and shall be localized and regular in outline, (3) the white shall be firm and clear,”

“Whenever eggs which have been in cold storage are sold at wholesale or retail, or offered or exposed for sale, the basket, box or other container in which the eggs are placed shall be marked plainly and conspicuously with the words ''cold storage eggs''”

“Should your egg production exceed your personal needs, selling fresh eggs to the public is an option. Before selling any eggs, make sure to check with your local Board of Health.”

“Broken and cracked eggs should be removed from those being offered for sale. Cracked and stained eggs may be sold from the property where produced, when packed separately and labeled as such.”

“If you need to wash eggs, do not allow the eggs to sit in water. Water must move across the surface of the shell at all times. The water must be at least 10°F warmer than the egg; otherwise bacteria may be pulled through the shell into the egg.”

“If the wash water comes from a private well the water must be tested every six months for specific bacteria. These test results must be kept on file for inspection.”

“Collected eggs must be held between 33°F and 45°F to decrease bacterial growth.”

“Eggs should be offered for sale in clean unused cartons that are labeled correctly. The FDA requires a safe handling statement to appear on the carton.”

“The “packed on” or “sell by date” must also be printed … The “sell by date” would be 30 days after the packing date. The description of the eggs packed in the carton must be printed on the carton in letters 3/16th of an inch or larger. The producer’s name, address, and phone number should also be included.”

“Many small producers choose to identify their eggs as “Not Graded and Not Sized”. “Not Graded and Not Sized” (also referred to as “Nest Run”), means that you have not candled or weighed the eggs and are packing them without sorting in any way.”

“For more information please contact the Division of Animal Health at (617) 626-1798”

“(ii) an egg-laying hen in an enclosure other than a cage-free housing system or with less than: … (B) 1.5 square feet of usable floor space per hen in single-level, all-litter floor cage-free housing systems”

“Egg-laying hen”, any female domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose or guinea fowl kept for the purpose of commercial egg production.

“It is a violation of St. 2021, c. 108, and 330 CMR 35.00 for a Business Owner or Operator to knowingly engage in the Sale within Massachusetts of any: … Shell Egg or other Egg Products that the Business Owner or Operator knows or should know is the product of a Covered Animal that was Confined in a Cruel Manner;”

“Boards of health may make reasonable health regulations.”

“In a municipality with a municipal agricultural commission established pursuant to section 8L of chapter 40, the board of health shall, prior to enacting any regulation that impacts: (i) farmers markets as defined in department regulations; (ii) farms as defined in section 1A of chapter 128; … provide the municipal agricultural commission with a copy of the proposed regulation.”