168Sale and processing of dirty eggs

168 Sale and processing of dirty eggs

168 Sale and processing of dirty eggs

(1) An egg producer or a person who operates an egg business must ensure that an egg intended for human consumption that has visible faeces, soil or other matter on the shell is dealt with by—

(a) selling the egg to the holder of a licence that authorises the washing or dry cleaning of eggs, or

(b) cleaning the egg shell so the visible faeces, soil or other matter is removed from the shell, or

(c) separating the egg shell from the egg product by using a process that—

(i) minimises contact between the outside of the shell and the egg product and does not contaminate the egg product during or after the process of separation, and

(ii) pasteurises the egg product.

Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.

(2) In this section—

other matter does not include labels, stickers or ink stamps.