ATCP 88.20(5)(b)(b) Changed to maintain sanitary conditions at least every 4 hours, by either continuous water exchange or by completely emptying and refilling the wash tank, and at the end of each shift by emptying and refilling the wash tank.

ATCP 88.20(6)(6) Eggs shall not be left standing or soaking in cleaning water.

ATCP 88.20(7)(7) Washed eggs shall be dry before they are placed in packages or shipping containers.

ATCP 88.20(8)(8) Dirty eggs that cannot be cleaned shall be discarded as restricted eggs.

ATCP 88.20(9)(9) An egg handling facility operator shall handle and store eggs:

ATCP 88.20(9)(b)(b) In a neat and orderly manner, so that the eggs are readily accessible for inspection and movement, and so that the egg storage area can be readily inspected and cleaned. The amount of eggs stored in an egg storage area shall not exceed the reasonable capacity of that area.

ATCP 88.22ATCP 88.22 Candling; candling requirements. A candling light or automated grading equipment is required for determining the interior and exterior quality of eggs. Egg candling lights and candling light areas shall meet the requirements of s. ATCP 88.12 (5) (a) to (c). A candling light must be used to verify the performance of automated grading equipment.

ATCP 88.22 HistoryHistory: CR 14-037: cr. Register April 2015 No. 712, eff. 5-1-15; corrections made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 2., 7., Stats., Register April 2015 No. 712.

ATCP 88.24(1)(1) Grading standards for chicken eggs. Except for chicken eggs clearly labeled as “ungraded” as required under s. ATCP 88.34 (1) (b), chicken eggs sold or distributed in this state by an egg handler licensed under s. ATCP 88.02 shall be labeled as grade AA, A, or B, and shall conform to the U. S. grade standards specified for those grades under the federal egg grading act and the U.S. standards, grades, and weight classes for shell eggs.

ATCP 88.24(2)(2) Chicken egg sizes. Except for chicken eggs clearly labeled as “ungraded” as required under s. ATCP 88.34 (1) (b), chicken eggs sold or distributed in this state by an egg handler licensed under s. ATCP 88.02 shall be labeled as Jumbo, Extra Large, Large, Medium, Small, or Peewee, and shall conform to the United States size standards specified for those sizes under the federal egg grading act and U.S. standards, grades, and weight classes for shell eggs and shown in the table below.

ATCP 88.24 NoteNote: United States grades and sizes are fully described in “United States Standards, Grades, and Weight Classes for Shell Eggs” (AMS 56), July 20, 2000, published by the Agricultural Marketing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. A copy of the standards may be accessed online at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3004376

ATCP 88.26(1)(1) Limitations on sale and distribution. No person may sell or distribute for sale as human food any eggs that fail to meet tolerance standards for U.S. Consumer Grade B eggs under U.S. standards, grades, and weight classes for shell eggs, regardless of whether the eggs are labeled as graded or ungraded eggs. No individual case of Grade B quality eggs may contain a percentage of grade B quality eggs that is more than 10 percentage points greater than the minimum permitted for the lot average. This section does not apply to eggs which are clearly labeled as “ungraded” as required under s. ATCP 88.34 (1) (b) and which the egg producer sells directly to a consumer on the premises where the eggs are produced or as part of a community-supported agriculture business.

ATCP 88.28(1)(1) Prohibition against sale of restricted eggs.

ATCP 88.28(1)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b),no person shall buy, sell, or transport, or offer to buy or sell, or offer or receive for transportation any restricted eggs, and no egg handler shall possess any restricted eggs or use any restricted eggs in the preparation of human food.

ATCP 88.28(1)(b)(b) Egg producers collecting eggs from a flock of more than 3,000 laying birds shall only sell, transport, possess, or use restricted eggs in compliance with 7 CFR 57.100 of the federal egg products inspection act. Egg producers collecting eggs from a flock of 3,000 or fewer laying birds shall:

ATCP 88.28(1)(b)1.1. Sell no more edible restricted eggs than the amount allowed by the tolerances in the official standards for U.S. Consumer Grade B shell eggs.

ATCP 88.28(1)(b)2.2. Sell checks and dirties only on the premises where the eggs are produced directly to consumers for use by the consumer and the consumer’s non-paying guests.

ATCP 88.28(2)(2) Disposition of restricted eggs. Egg producers collecting eggs from a flock of more than 3,000 hens shall dispose of restricted eggs in compliance with 7 CFR 57.720 and maintain records as required in 7 CFR 57.200 of the federal egg products inspection act. Egg producers collecting eggs from a flock of 3,000 or fewer hens shall dispose of restricted eggs by:

ATCP 88.28(2)(b)(b) Crushing and placing loss and inedible eggs in a container containing a sufficient amount of approved denaturant or decharacterizing substance, as approved the department. The denatured and decharacterized product shall be labeled “Restricted eggs. Not to be used as human food.”