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“If a producer meets all the following requirements, they are exempt from retail licensing. … Has less than 3,000 laying hens. … Sells directly on their farm or distributes within a 100-mile radius of their production or processing facility. … All eggs must be maintained in 45°F or less … within 24 hours of lay until the time of sale.”

“Although exempt from licensing, producers are not exempt from requirements within the Retail FDA Food Code and may be subject to inspection.”

“A Retail license will be required if eggs are being sold at a different location other than the farm, such as a farmer’s market.”

“Farmers market stands selling eggs off-site of the production farm, are required to obtain a Retail Food License for the farmer market stand. These are considered pre-packaged TCS Foods, thus requiring a license.”

“Eggs from small flocks, meeting the above requirements, may be sold to and purchased by food processors, restaurants or other retail facilities within the 100-mile radius, for use in their manufactured products/facilities or sold direct to consumers.”

“A Food Establishment registration under the Food Safety Act (3 Pa. C.S.A. §§ 5721-5737) is required for facilities that hold, wash, and/or package eggs intended for retail sale. This included those operating under the 3,000 bird exemption who are packing and distributing for others.”

“Facilities with less than 3,000 birds who are packing and selling their own eggs within 100 miles or any offline facilities that do not package eggs onsite, intended for retail sale, are exempt from registering.”

“it shall be the duty of every person operating a food establishment within this Commonwealth to register with the secretary as a food establishment. … The registration fee shall be $35 per food establishment per year.”

“Egg producers with more than 3,000 laying hens must register with and be inspected by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture at the production farm.”

“If an egg producer has less than 3,000 laying hens, and sells eggs within five days from the date of lay and sells eggs predominately within a 100 mile radius of their production or processing facility, then the following summary of regulations will apply when selling eggs to the consumer.”

“For those producers with less than 3,000 laying hens, the following protocols must be followed for retail sale of shell eggs from the farm or at farmers markets: … Eggs must be sold within five (5) days from the date of the lay.”

“Eggs must be maintained at 45°F or less within 24 hours from the time of lay until the time of sale. This includes the period of time when the eggs are at the farmers market.”

“All eggs must be maintained in 45°F or less ambient air temperature within 24 hours of lay until the time of sale.”

“At any location, each carton, flat, or container of eggs must be labeled with the following information: … Name and complete address including zip code … Date of lay … Statement of identity (eggs) … Net Contents (at least 3/16-inch-high letters) … "Keep Refrigerated" … Safe Handling Instructions”

“if eggs of different lay dates are in the same carton/container, use the oldest date as date of lay”

“To prevent illness from bacteria: keep eggs refrigerated, cook eggs until yolks are firm, and cook foods containing eggs thoroughly.”

“If you are not grading your eggs to meet the US grade standards or US weight standards, then you must mark each carton/container of eggs as “Unclassified”. The Retail Food Code requires that eggs sold directly to the consumer or used in Retail Food Facilities must meet or exceed US Consumer Grade B standards.”

“Eggs which are offered for sale from a retail bulk display shall have the date of lay and the identity of the small processor posted on the display in a clean and conspicuous manner. … If other than chicken, the name of species of fowl the eggs came from (examples: ducks, quail, goose, turkey, guinea)”

“If you do not weigh the eggs or if they are mixed sizes, the carton, flat or container must be labeled as “Unclassified”. Dirty, leaking or cracked eggs must be removed prior to sale.”

“For sale to grocery stores or restaurants, new cartons and/or filler flats must be used and properly labeled. … Used egg cartons are not prohibited; however, you should ensure the carton is clean and if the carton is printed with brand name, store names, size, grade, a distributor or packer, production codes, etc., all information must be covered or removed”

“Must remove dirties, leakers, or loss (bloody, rot, or similar) eggs. … If you choose to wash your eggs: … Never submerge the eggs in; instead, use a container with holes (like a colander) and let the water run over. Do not allow the eggs to sit in the water.”

“If you are using a wash compound to clean the eggs, make sure it is specifically made for cleaning shell eggs. … Use only sanitizers that are approved for sanitizing shell eggs”

“In order to mark your eggs with these terms, they must meet the requirements for the marked grade. Pennsylvania adopts the USDA standards for grades and weight classes.”

“All consumer receptacles shall be marked in a plain and conspicuous manner on the principal display panel (top) with: (1) statement of identity (eggs) in size lettering reasonably related to the most prominent printed material on the principal display panel; and (2) net contents in lettering at least 3/16 inches in height.”

“The following information shall be shown on the principal display panel or a side panel in a plain and conspicuous manner: (1) Consumer grade. (2) Weight class. (3) Name and address, including ZIP code, of the producer, packer, or distributor.”

“In lieu of the consumer grade, eggs may be marked in a conspicuous manner on the front or top panel with a statement of … Unclassified … shall indicate eggs of edible quality which are not segregated according to official Pennsylvania grades and weight classes, but not to include dirties, leakers, and loss.”

“it shall be unlawful for any proprietor to conduct or operate a retail food facility without first obtaining a license for each retail food facility as provided in this subchapter.”

“A licensor shall exempt the following retail food facilities from the license requirements of this section: … (ii) A retail food facility that sells only raw agricultural commodities.”

“(1) The county department of health or joint-county department of health whenever a retail food facility is located in a political subdivision under the jurisdiction of a county department of health … (2) The health authorities of cities, boroughs, incorporated towns and first class townships”

“If your county is under a County Health Department Jurisdiction, you should contact them directly for licensing. These counties include Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Erie, Montgomery, and Philadelphia.”

“Retail food facilities are required to be licensed and inspected. This includes farmers markets and retail farm markets/stands. Licensing and inspection will be handled by the appropriate authorized agency, typically either the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) or a local or county health department.”

“$103 for retail food facilities that have not been previously licensed. … $82 for annual renewals/change in ownership/additional farmers market stands on the same day. … $14 for temporary licenses up to 14 days per calendar year”

“If you want to sell food at a farmers' market, you need a Retail Food License. Each stand at the market needs its own license, even if it's the same market.”

“The provisions, terms, procedures, appendices and standards in the current edition of the Model Food Code are adopted to the extent they do not conflict with one or more of the following:”

“EGG REFRIGERATION LAW Act of Aug. 6, 1991, P.L. 321, No. 32”

“within 24 hours of being laid, a shell egg sold or produced within this Commonwealth shall be subjected to and maintained at an ambient temperature not to exceed 55 degrees Fahrenheit. After the shell egg is washed and packed, it shall be subjected to and maintained at an ambient temperature not to exceed 45 degrees Fahrenheit.”

“This section shall not apply to an egg processor who meets all of the following requirements: (i) maintained at all times during the prior 12-month period a flock of not more than 3,200 laying hens in the aggregate;”

“(ii) sells or markets eggs predominantly within a 100-mile radius of the facility in which the eggs were produced and processed for sale or distribution; (iii) sells or markets eggs within five days of the date of lay; and (iv) stores the eggs prior to sale at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit or less.”

“Small egg processors exempted under this section shall print clearly and conspicuously on each container or consumer receptacle the date of lay of eggs contained therein.”

“(1) Has maintained a flock of laying hens at all times during the prior 12 months, with the aggregate number of those laying hens not exceeding 3,200. (2) Sells or markets greater than 50% of the eggs which he produces and processes for sale or distribution within a 100-mile radius of the facility at which eggs are produced and processed.”

“(3) Sells or markets eggs within 5 days of the date of lay. (4) Maintains each egg at an ambient temperature of 60°F or less within 24 hours of being laid, and maintains the egg at this ambient temperature until sale.”

“This section does not apply to a small processor who meets the criteria in § 88.2(d) (relating to temperature requirements).”

“A person who violates section 4 commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100.”

“Legislation that amends this act No legislation was found amending this statute.”

“(Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1434, No.180, eff. 60 days) 2012 Amendment. Act 180 amended subsec. (d).”

“Rev 5/2026 EGGS FROM SMALL FLOCK PRODUCERS”

“Rev 2/2026 FARMERS MARKET AND FARM STAND GUIDELINES”

“If you have any questions about egg production or retail sales of eggs, please contact the Department at 717- 787-4315 or ra-foodsafety@pa.gov.”

“That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporate body, … to sell, expose for sale, advertise for sale, or have in his, her, or their possession with intent to sell, any eggs, as "fresh eggs," "strictly fresh eggs," "hennery eggs," "new laid eggs," or other words or descriptions of similar import that are not fresh eggs.”

“No egg shall be deemed to be fresh which does not meet or is not above the minimum requirements of fresh eggs as shall be established by the Department of Agriculture.”

“to conduct at any given place any business of opening eggs and separating the egg content from the shell and using or disposing of the content thereof for any purpose, unless he, she, it or they have first applied for and secured a license so to do from the Department of Agriculture.”

“It shall be unlawful to sell, … either in shell, in broken out frozen masses, or in any condition whatsoever, incubated or incubator reject eggs or eggs which have been subjected to incubation, whether natural or artificial, unless by written permission of the Department of Agriculture to sell such for a specific purpose and to a specific purchaser”