National rules

Can you sell backyard eggs in Tunisia?

In a 2020 archived copy, Tunisia's 2019 food-safety law covers primary production except household use, and operators must notify the food-safety authority. Whether a home egg seller is an operator was not established.

Read from 1 official source23 passages quotedChecked October 29, 2026

At a glance

License

Not stated

Small-flock line

Not established for small egg sellers

Farmers markets

Not stated

Cartons

Not stated

In plain English

As read in an archived copy of the official portal archived on 16 November 2020, the law applies to every stage of primary production but not to primary production for private household use, that is producing for one's own or family needs without marketing it, paid or free (Arts 3 and 4). Every operator, meaning a person actually running a food-sector establishment or enterprise, must notify the national food-safety authority of each establishment (Art. 22), and must have it approved or registered before first placing food on the market where a Health Minister's list makes that compulsory (Art. 23). That list was not read, and whether a household egg seller is an operator was not established.

A sourced reading of the rules in Tunisia, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the National Authority for the Sanitary Safety of Food Products (الهيئة الوطنية للسلامة الصحية للمنتجات الغذائية) before you sell.

Do you need a license?

Not stated in the sources we readNot established for small egg sellers

Where you can sell

From home or the farm

Not stated

In the 2020 archived copy read, eggs marketed to others, whether paid or free, fall outside the household exclusion (Arts 3 and 4(24)), and operators must follow good hygiene practice and run an own-check programme (Art. 24); no rule on selling eggs from home was found in the texts read.

Farmers markets

Not stated

No rule for market sales was found in the texts read.

Stores and restaurants

Not stated

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. In the 2020 archived copy, operators must follow good hygiene practice and run an own-check programme so that food is safe before it is placed on the market (Art. 24).

The label must show

Not established for eggs: in the 2020 archived copy, the law bars labelling, advertising or presentation that misleads consumers (Art. 20) and lets the Health Minister issue orders on labelling (Art. 21); those orders were not read.

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 Tunisia, and do I need a license?
In a 2020 archived copy, Tunisia's 2019 food-safety law covers primary production except household use, and operators must notify the food-safety authority. Whether a home egg seller is an operator was not established. 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 Tunisia?
Not stated in the sources we read. No rule for market sales was found in the texts read.
Can I reuse egg cartons in Tunisia?
The sources we read do not say; ask the National Authority for the Sanitary Safety of Food Products (الهيئة الوطنية للسلامة الصحية للمنتجات الغذائية) before reusing cartons for eggs you sell.
What has to be on the carton label in Tunisia?
In short: Not established for eggs: in the 2020 archived copy, the law bars labelling, advertising or presentation that misleads consumers (Art. 20) and lets the Health Minister issue orders on labelling (Art. 21); those orders were not read.
Do eggs I sell in Tunisia have to be kept cold?
In short: No storage temperature for shell eggs was found in the texts read. In the 2020 archived copy, operators must follow good hygiene practice and run an own-check programme so that food is safe before it is placed on the market (Art. 24).
Sources
Read the 23 passages this page is built on
What we couldn't confirm
  • Law No. 2019-25 was read in an archived copy of Tunisia's official legislation portal archived on 16 November 2020; later amendments were not checked, and the official portals were unreachable on 29 October 2026.
  • The Health Minister's orders on notifying the authority, on which sectors need registration or approval, and on labelling were not read.
  • No egg grading, carton, labelling or storage-temperature rule was found.
  • Law No. 95 of 2005 on livestock rearing and animal products was not read; whether it applies to keeping poultry was not established.
  • Current bird-flu measures are not asserted here, and no official status page was identified in the sources read.
  • Local rules on keeping poultry were not researched.

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