Can't sell homegrown eggs?

[PouleChick]

I think this was posted on the wrong thread.

OMG how embarrassing - I'm so sorry! I've deleted it!

 

[lazy gardener]

Haven't heard of anyone being Pullorum tested

I believe pullorum testing is part of NPIP.

I sell from end of driveway with eggs in a cooler. My production is greater than my sales, so excess goes to provide eggs for a monthly Men's Breakfast at church, as well as giving some to family, and friends in need. Occasionally, I barter eggs. I'm happy if my egg sales produces enough to buy their weekly bag of feed.

Each state has different laws. Here in Maine, eggs can be sold at farm site without NPIP or other testing. They must be in a clean carton, and I do believe refrigerated. However, clean cartons can be recycled.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Sounds about like here. Your right about it being part of NPIP. Had a brain fart. I'm jacked up on coffee and running on 3hrs of sleep.... It happens. but like you said, clean and fridgerated you can sell on site or at farmer's stands.

I believe pullorum testing is part of NPIP.

I sell from end of driveway with eggs in a cooler. My production is greater than my sales, so excess goes to provide eggs for a monthly Men's Breakfast at church, as well as giving some to family, and friends in need. Occasionally, I barter eggs. I'm happy if my egg sales produces enough to buy their weekly bag of feed.

Each state has different laws. Here in Maine, eggs can be sold at farm site without NPIP or other testing. They must be in a clean carton, and I do believe refrigerated. However, clean cartons can be recycled.

 

[Acre4Me]

Sorry if this has been mentioned already.... but last year I was able to sell my eggs to a local bakery, and now they won't take them. Neither will any of the other nearby bakeries. There 's a new rule against it - one place told me it was because of the risk of Salmonella. Salmonella? About 340 people - and of those, between zero and 25 were from contaminated eggs. So, homegrown eggs are the threat to our society? Wow.

In my state, restaurants (or places like a bakery that use ingredients to make food for consumption by the customer) can only purchase from approved (inspected) egg sources - this is very different from selling from your backyard (to be simplistic). However, in my state I do have to get inspected to sell any eggs for money - even to my neighbor, but the requirements are more simple than if I were to sell to a restaurant/bakery. I can give away all my eggs all the time without any kind of inspection!

I found my local agriculture extension office to be of great help. They clarified some things for me and they provided me with phone numbers that I would need if I chose to get inspected. Give them a try in your state.

 

[featherhead007]

I never sell my hens eggs. I do accept cash donations to help with feed costs, but I give the eggs away, usually.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

A very good friend of mine has all but quit truck farming because of senseless or over zealous regulations. One such rule forbid him to sell strawberries because the berries MAY have come into contact with the soil. He is also forbidden to pick up a bushel of onions that fell off his truck during harvest because they touched the same dirty filthy soil that they were grown in.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

A very good friend of mine has all but quit truck farming because of senseless or over zealous regulations. One such rule forbid him to sell strawberries because the berries MAY have come into contact with the soil. He is also forbidden to pick up a bushel of onions that fell off his truck during harvest because they touched the same dirty filthy soil that they were grown in.

Oh wow. That's ridiculous!

 

[seventreesfarm]

There are no federal egg sale bans. This is local liberal snowflake madness. In my state you are required to take an egg candling class, and upon completion you can sell your backyard eggs at flea markets, farmers markets or right out of the backyard. Restaurants and grocery stores operate under different regulations. You should know these laws and regulations before you try to sell your eggs.

Do your homework. It's industrial agriculture that puts most of these regulations in place to choke off competition from small farmers. They write the laws then bribe lawmakers to enact them & threaten to pull business from an area that won't submit.
Most liberal snowflakes actually *like* small farmers and also like to see where their food is coming from. I make a point of not buying from backwards hostile folks with crappy attitudes, so maybe people just don't want to buy from you because you're unfriendly.

 

[TwoCrows]

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