Can you sell backyard eggs in Egypt?
Egypt's 2019 food safety regulation (archived NFSA copy; later changes not checked) requires food establishments to get an NFSA licence before putting food on the market; whether a home egg seller counts is unresolved.
Read from 1 official source9 passages quotedChecked October 25, 2026
At a glance
License
NFSA license; home sellers unclear
Small-flock line
Not established for small egg sellers
Farmers markets
Not stated
Cartons
Not stated
In plain English
Food establishments, defined to include any establishment that produces food or offers it for sale, for profit or not, fixed or mobile, must obtain an NFSA food-handling licence before putting a product on the market. Whether a household seller is a food establishment, and any small-producer threshold, were not established.
A sourced reading of the rules in Egypt, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with National Food Safety Authority (NFSA, الهيئة القومية لسلامة الغذاء) before you sell.
Do you need a license?
- The licensing system is set by NFSA's board; those decisions were not read.
Where you can sell
From home or the farm
Terms for selling from home were not established from the texts read.
Farmers markets
Not established from the texts read.
Stores and restaurants
Cartons, labels and handling
Cartons
The sources we read don't set a carton rule.
Refrigeration
No storage temperature for shell eggs was found in the texts read. The 2019 regulation (archived NFSA copy; later changes not checked) lists temperature-control requirements applicable to foods and keeping the cold chain for chilled and frozen foods among its health measures.
The label must show
Not established: NFSA sets food labelling rules under the 2019 executive regulation (archived NFSA copy; later changes not checked), but no egg-specific label rule was read.
Grading
Not stated in the sources we read.
Washing
Not stated in the sources we read.
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Common questions
- Do I need a license to sell eggs from my backyard chickens in Egypt?
- Egypt's 2019 food safety regulation (archived NFSA copy; later changes not checked) requires food establishments to get an NFSA licence before putting food on the market; whether a home egg seller counts is unresolved. Small-flock line: not established for small egg sellers. The conditions, and the law they come from, are on this page.
- Can I sell eggs at a farmers market in Egypt?
- Not stated in the sources we read. Not established from the texts read.
- Can I reuse egg cartons in Egypt?
- The sources we read do not say; ask National Food Safety Authority (NFSA, الهيئة القومية لسلامة الغذاء) before reusing cartons for eggs you sell.
- What has to be on the carton label in Egypt?
- In short: Not established: NFSA sets food labelling rules under the 2019 executive regulation (archived NFSA copy; later changes not checked), but no egg-specific label rule was read.
- Do eggs I sell in Egypt have to be kept cold?
- In short: No storage temperature for shell eggs was found in the texts read. The 2019 regulation (archived NFSA copy; later changes not checked) lists temperature-control requirements applicable to foods and keeping the cold chain for chilled and frozen foods among its health measures.
- قانون رقم 1 لسنة 2017، المادة 1 · قانون الهيئة القومية لسلامة الغذاء (National Food Safety Authority Law)
- قانون رقم ٥٣ لسنه ١٩٦٦، المواد 119، 124، 125، 127، 129، 131، 146 (agriculture ministry copy archived April 2012; later amendments not checked) · قانون الزراعة (Agriculture Law)
- قرار رئيس مجلس الوزراء رقم 412 لسنة 2019، اللائحة التنفيذية، المواد 1، 6، 12، 13 · اللائحة التنفيذية لقانون الهيئة القومية لسلامة الغذاء
- National Food Safety Authority (NFSA, الهيئة القومية لسلامة الغذاء) · Food-handling licence (ترخيص تداول الغذاء)
Read the 9 passages this page is built on
“تلتزم المنشآت الغذائية قبل طرح المنتج للتداول بالحصول على ترخيص تداول الغذاء من الهيئة وفقًا للنظام الذى يعتمده مجلس إدارة الهيئة فى هذا الشأن متضمنًا الرسوم الواجب سدادها.”
قانون رقم 1 لسنة 2017، المادة 1 · read 2026-10-24
“أى منشأة تزاول أنشطة ترتبط بتجهيز الغذاء، أو إنتـاجه، أو تصنيعه،”
قانون رقم 1 لسنة 2017، المادة 1 · read 2026-10-24
“أو تخزينه، أو حفظه، أو تعبئته أو تغليفه، أو توسيمه، أو استيراده، أو تصديره، أو نقله، أو تسليمه، أو طرحه وعرضه للبيـع للمستهلك النهائى أو لمنشأة أخرى، ويشمل التعريف المنشآت الثابتة أو المتحركة، التى تهدف إلى الربح أو التى لا تهدف إلى الربح، العامة أو الخاصة، الدائمة أو المؤقتة،”
قانون رقم 1 لسنة 2017، المادة 1 · read 2026-10-24
“ويستثنى من ذلك العلف، والنباتات والمحاصيل قبل حصادها، والحيوانات والطيور الحية قبل دخولها المجازر،”
قانون رقم 1 لسنة 2017، المادة 1 · read 2026-10-24
“تضع الهيئة قواعد وإجراءات توسيم الغذاء، ويحظر أن يؤدى توسيم المواد الغذائية أو الإعلان عنها أو عرضها أو شكلها أو تعبئتها أو مواد التعبئة المستخدمة وطريقة ترتيبها ومكان عرضها والمعلومات التى تتاح عنها بأى وسيلة إلى تضليل وخداع المستهلكين.”
قانون رقم 1 لسنة 2017، المادة 1 · read 2026-10-24
“(ج) متطلبات التحكم فى درجات الحرارة السارية على المواد الغذائية. (د) الحفاظ على سلسلة برودة الأغذية المبردة والمجمدة.”
قانون رقم 1 لسنة 2017، المادة 1 · read 2026-10-24
“يُعمل بأحكام اللائحة التنفيذية المرافقة فى شأن قانون الهيئة القومية لسلامة الغذاء المشار إليه، ويُلغى كل ما يخالفها من أحكام.”
قانون رقم 1 لسنة 2017، المادة 1 · read 2026-10-24
“يُنشر هذا القرار فى الجريدة الرسمية، ويعمل به من اليوم التالى لتاريخ نشره.”
قانون رقم 1 لسنة 2017، المادة 1 · read 2026-10-24
“صدر برئاسة مجلس الوزراء فى 13 جمادى الآخرة سنة 1440 هـ . (الموافق 18 فبراير سنة 2019 م) .”
قانون رقم 1 لسنة 2017، المادة 1 · read 2026-10-24
What we couldn't confirm
- The NFSA law and its executive regulation were read from an NFSA booklet archived in November 2023; the live NFSA site blocked automated access, and later changes were not checked.
- No egg-specific label, carton, grading or storage-temperature rule was read.
- Keeping rules here come from the Agriculture Law as read in the agriculture ministry's copy archived in April 2012; later amendments, the Minister of Agriculture's decrees under it, other national laws on poultry keeping or trading and any local rules were not checked.
- Current bird-flu measures are not asserted here, and no official status page was found.
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