2025 Session Last amended: 1986 session

§ 29.24 — Adulterated or Inedible Eggs, Sale Forbidden

Plain-Language Summary

It is illegal to buy, sell, or possess for sale any eggs that are inedible or adulterated for human consumption. Eggs that are rotten, decomposed, moldy, or contain blood rings or embryo chicks are considered inedible.

29.24 ADULTERATED OR INEDIBLE EGGS, SALE FORBIDDEN.

No person shall buy, sell, offer or expose for sale, or possess for sale, eggs for human consumption that are inedible or adulterated. Eggs that are filthy, putrid, decomposed, or otherwise unfit for food in whole or in part, shall be deemed to be adulterated. Eggs which contain black rots, white rots, mixed rots (addled eggs), sour eggs with green whites, eggs with stuck yolks, moldy eggs, musty eggs, eggs showing blood rings, eggs containing embryo chicks (at or beyond the blood ring stage), or any other eggs that are filthy, decomposed, or putrid shall be deemed to be inedible.

History:

1957 c 819 s 4; 1986 c 444

History: History: 1957 c 819 s 4; 1986 c 444

Practical Notes

This law protects consumers from unsafe eggs. The list of inedible conditions is specific and includes black rots, white rots, sour eggs with green whites, stuck yolks, and moldy or musty eggs. Businesses that handle eggs must be able to identify these conditions through candling.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes