National rules

Can you sell backyard eggs in Jordan?

Jordan's Food Law licenses food handling in a 'place', which excludes animal-rearing farms; poultry farms need an Agriculture Law licence and holdings from fifty birds must register. No home-sale rule was found.

Read from 3 official sources18 passages quotedChecked October 29, 2026

At a glance

License

Depends how you sell

Small-flock line

Licence for food-handling places (animal-rearing farms excluded from 'place'); poultry farms need an Agriculture Law licence; registration from fifty birds

Farmers markets

Not stated

Cartons

Not stated

In plain English

Food Law No. 30 of 2015 bars handling food, which includes offering it for sale or selling it, in a 'place' (an establishment, factory or facility, vehicles included) before getting a licence (Arts 2 and 15). The definition of 'place' excludes farmers' fields, animal-rearing farms and apiaries. Whether a household coop or a sale from home falls under either was not established, and the licensing instructions were not read. Separately, the Agriculture Law punishes setting up a farm or hatchery without a licence, under licensing conditions set by the Minister's instructions, which were not read (Art. 42(a) and (c)), and poultry holdings from fifty birds must register with the Ministry of Agriculture (Instructions No. 6/Z of 2024, Art. 3).

A sourced reading of the rules in Jordan, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (المؤسسة العامة للغذاء والدواء) before you sell.

Do you need a license?

Depends on how and how much you sellLicence for food-handling places (animal-rearing farms excluded from 'place'); poultry farms need an Agriculture Law licence; registration from fifty birds
  • Food that is adulterated, falsely described or unfit for human consumption may not be handled.Art. 16
The exact wording
“المادة ١٥- يمنع تداول الغذاء في المكان قبل الحصول على ترخيص لممارسة هذا العمل وفق الشروط والتعليمات التي يصدرها المجلس لهذه الغاية. … المكان : أي مؤسسة أو مصنع أو مرفق يتم تداول الغذاء فيه بما في ذلك وسائط النقل والمركبات وتستثنى من ذلك حقول المزارعين ومزارع تربية الحيوانات والمناحل.”

Where you can sell

From home or the farm

Not stated

Animal-rearing farms are excluded from the 'places' that need a food-handling licence, but no rule on selling eggs at the farm or from home was found in the texts read.

Farmers markets

Not stated

No rule for market stalls was found in the texts read. The law licenses handling food in a 'place' (an establishment, factory or facility) and separately defines an itinerant seller as one with no fixed place.

Stores and restaurants

Not stated

No rule on a small producer supplying shops or caterers was found in the texts read.

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 Food Law treats food as falsely described if its label omits storage conditions for food that needs special storage (Art. 18).

The label must show

  • Name of the food
  • Name and address of the producer or packer
  • Contents by weight or measure
  • Ingredients
  • Storage conditions, where the food needs special storage
  • Production and expiry dates, where the food has a set shelf life

Grading

Not stated in the sources we read.

Washing

Not stated in the sources we read.

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Common questions

Can I sell eggs from my backyard chickens in Jordan, and do I need a license?
Jordan's Food Law licenses food handling in a 'place', which excludes animal-rearing farms; poultry farms need an Agriculture Law licence and holdings from fifty birds must register. No home-sale rule was found. Small-flock line: licence for food-handling places (animal-rearing farms excluded from 'place'); poultry farms need an Agriculture Law licence; registration from fifty birds. The conditions, and the law they come from, are on this page.
Can I sell eggs at a farmers market in Jordan?
Not stated in the sources we read. No rule for market stalls was found in the texts read. The law licenses handling food in a 'place' (an establishment, factory or facility) and separately defines an itinerant seller as one with no fixed place.
Can I reuse egg cartons in Jordan?
The sources we read do not say; ask the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (المؤسسة العامة للغذاء والدواء) before reusing cartons for eggs you sell.
What has to be on the carton label in Jordan?
Name of the food, Name and address of the producer or packer, Contents by weight or measure, Ingredients, Storage conditions, where the food needs special storage, Production and expiry dates, where the food has a set shelf life. The rule reads: "٥- عدم احتواء بطاقة البيان على المعلومات التالية :- أ- اسم الغذاء . ب- اسم المنتج أو المعبئ وعنوان كل منهما. ج- بيان المحتويات بالوزن أو القياس. د- بيان مكونات الغذاء مرتبة حسب الاكثرية. هـ- ظروف التخزين اذا كان الغذاء من المواد التي تحتاج إلى ظروف حفظ أو تخزين خاصة."
Do eggs I sell in Jordan have to be kept cold?
In short: No storage temperature for shell eggs was found in the texts read. The Food Law treats food as falsely described if its label omits storage conditions for food that needs special storage (Art. 18).
Sources
Read the 18 passages this page is built on
What we couldn't confirm
  • The label list applies to food that carries a label: the Food Law treats food as falsely described if its label lacks these items (Art. 18). Whether loose eggs sold by a small producer must carry a label was not established.
  • The Food Law was read as printed in the Official Gazette in 2015; later amendments and the licensing instructions under Art. 15 were not checked.
  • No egg grading, carton or storage-temperature rule was found in the texts read; any Jordanian standard or JFDA technical rule for table eggs was not read.
  • The livestock-farm licensing instructions under Agriculture Law Art. 42 were not read.
  • Current bird-flu measures are not asserted here, and no official status page was identified in the sources read.
  • Municipal rules on keeping poultry were not researched.

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