Here Are the Answers to 45 Most
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Qualities higher than that mark
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Q. If I take a case of eggs to
the store and put them in car
tons, must the cartons be mark
ed’
A. Yes, the cartons must be
marked by the store.
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Q. Is the store required to put
the producer’s name and ad
dress on the cartons?
A. The store’s name and ad
dress should be put on the car
ton if the store packs the eggs.
Q. If eggs are packed in car
tons by the store,, who is held
responsible for the grade and
size?
A. The store would be re
sponsible to see that the cartonsj
are properly marked and that
the eggs meet the requirments
of the grade and size marked on
the cartons.
Whose name on carton?
Q. As a producer I sell eggs to
Since 1890
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ARE HARD TO BEAT
U.S. Importing More
Mexican Cattle
During 1957 the U.S. imported
about 343,000 head of cattle from
Mexico, up 221 per cent from
1956, according to the Foreign
Agricultural Service.
The reason given for the sharp
ly increased movement of cattle
across the southern border is the
heavy demand far stocker and
feeder cattle in the Southwestern
states.
The total U S. cattle imports in
1957 amounted to 525,000 head,
about evenly divided between
Mexico and Canada.
a store and the store packs them
in cartons; must ray name and
address as well as the name and
address of the store appear on
the carton?
A. No, the only requirmenfc is
one name and address.
Q. Will stores have to provide
the kind of holding facilities
which will maintain quality
while the eggs are in their pos
session?
A. Stores will need to pur
chase in proper quantities to
have a constant supply and
rapid turnover. They will also
find it desirable to keep the
eggs under refrigeration.
Q. Who is responsible for eggs
which do not meet the require
ments for the grade marked on
the carton?
A. Responsibility lies with the
person who is offering the eggs
for sale.
Who’s responsible?
Q. If I deliver eggs to a con
sumer and she keeps them for a
week or,two and then decides
some of the eggs are not good,
am I held responsible 9
A. No. It is a good idea, how
ever, (to code the carton in
order to know when the eggs
were candled and packed and
get an idea of where quality loss
may have occurred.
Q. Some of my customers buy
three dozen eggs packed in fil
ler flats wrapped in a news
paper. Must this unit be mark
ed?
A. This unit would not have
to be marked.
Q. Is it necessary for me to
candle eggs from my own birds
When th-e eggs are sold the same
day as Grade A?
A There are no requirements
that eggs must be candled, but
it is not safe to sell them by
any grade without candling
them.
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New eggs not A?'
Q. What new-laid eggs would
not qualify as Grade A egg 7
A. Those which have blood
spots, and which are abnormally
shaped, soiled, dirty or checked
are not permitted in a Grade A
pack. Also eggs which are be
low Grade A interior quality
when laid would have to be
removed.
Q. Is there any minimum size
for the markings on cartons 7
Pa.
A. There is no minimum size
The markings must be plain and
conspicuous It is recommended
that the letters !be no less than
a quarter of an inch in height.
Q. Must all required markings
be on top of the carton 7
A. The markings on a carton
may be on the top or on either
side. It would not be satisfactory
to mark the required informa
tion inside the carton, except for
transparent plastic cartons.
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How about cases?
Q. If I sell a 30-dozen case of
eggs to a store, must I mark the
case 7
A. No, only egg packed in six
egg and 12 egg cartons must be
marked.
Q. If I mark the size and qual
ity grade on 30-dozen cases even
though I am not required to
must the eggs meet the minimum
requirements 9
A. Whenever the size grade
and/or quality grade is marked
in a case or other package, wheth
er it is required or not, the
eggs must meet the minimum
requirements for the particular
size and quality.
Q. May I reuse cartons with
Lancaster Farming, Friday, Feb. 7, 1958—f
grade and size marked on them
as well as with another produc
er’s name on them?
A. The name and address of
the other producer on the car
ton would have to be crossed
out and the proper name and ad
dress marked on the carton.
The eggs in the carton would
have to meet the minimum re
quirements for the quality and
size grade marked on the carton.
If the eggs do not meet the
grade marked on the carton, the
old markings would have to be
crossed out and new markings
used
What are grades?
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Q. What quality grades may I
use?
A. The grades which may be
used are AA, A, B, C, Checked
and/or Cracked. The grade will
depend on the quality of the
eggs packed.
Q. What are the size grades
and the average and minimum
weights per dozen?
A. The average weight classes
and minimum weights at the rate
per dozen are: Jumbo, 30 oz;
Extra large, 27 oz.; Large, 24
oz; Medium, 21 oz.; Small and/
or Pullets, 18 oz; and Peewee,
no minimum.
Q If I weigh a dozen of large
eggs and they weigh 26 ounces,
am I within the requirements 9
A. If more than two eggs in
the dozen weigh less than at the
rate of 24 ounces a dozen, the
dozen would not meet the mini-
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mum. Also, if one or more egg»
weighed less than at the rate o t
23 ounces a dozen, the dozen
would not meet the minimum
requirements.
Wliat are sizes?
Q. What is the size tolerance a
dozen 9
A. Ten eggs must be of the
size marked on the carton. IV ot
over two eggs may weigh le.>»
than an ounce below the mini
mum weight per dozen. For ex
ample, in a carton of large eggs,
10 eggs must weigh at the rate
of between 23 and 24 ounces a
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