Egg Co-op?

[KDMdesigns]

Sued for what? Confused...

 

[rusty acres]

Sued for what? Confused...

If someone were to get sick, or claim they got sick from our eggs, and we hadn't adhered to the state regulations, he feels like it would make us vulnerable to a lawsuit.

 

[lazy gardener]

Wow, simply wow. Nothing like big brother controlling the little guys. I would go over the statutes with a fine tooth comb. I briefly glanced. If money does not change hands, it would seem to me that if I lived in Florida, I could trade eggs for goods and services. If I had some one who was interested in a trade arrangement, they could bring me a bag of chicken feed from my favorite feed store, and I could give them how ever many dozen eggs I wanted to give them. If an other neighbor has a bumper crop of tomatoes, or bakes bread, or makes a mean batch of peanut butter cookies, I'd gladly be trading my surplus eggs for some of their excess.

 

[lazy gardener]

No matter what you do, we live in a litigation happy society. There are those who are looking for any and every excuse to sue someone. You and he have to make the choices that you are comfortable with.

 

[BoyTheRooster]

I don't have anything helpful to add, but the fact you could get sued for someone getting sick after eating your eggs is a totally bizarre concept to me. In New Zealand, if you get sick eating eggs from a roadside shall, it's your own fault for buying eggs from a roadside stall. Not that it happens much anyway

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Yeah, Florida is one of those state that require washing eggs and refrigerating. The limited egg farm license is $110 annually and requires an inspection of facilities. The only thing I'd fear of those attempting litigation is if I didn't posses licensure. That would open you up for fines and potential of losing flock. Nobody is actually going to win litigation that eggs got them sick. It has to be proven. If you maintain a clean facility, properly wash-store the eggs and above all hold a current license it would not be true.

http://smallfarms.ifas.ufl.edu/planning_and_management/documents/PoultryandEggFAQFinal06192014.pdf

Then of course you could just sell to family and friends who wouldn't sue you. If you don't have family and friends that fit that criteria then selling blackmarket backyard eggs is the least of your worries.

 

[rusty acres]

Then of course you could just sell to family and friends who wouldn't sue you. If you don't have family and friends that fit that criteria then selling blackmarket backyard eggs is the least of your worries.

Haha, that is indeed very true!

 

[KDMdesigns]

If someone were to get sick, or claim they got sick from our eggs, and we hadn't adhered to the state regulations, he feels like it would make us vulnerable to a lawsuit.

Honestly was confused because never heard of anyone who's gotten sick from eggs, although as of recent heard of an Egg Allergy

 

[PirateGirl]

Honestly was confused because never heard of anyone who's gotten sick from eggs, although as of recent heard of an Egg Allergy

I want to say it was a big ordeal in the early 90s and restaurants had to either stop serving under-cooked/over-easy eggs or post warning labels in their breakfast menus. I don't rightly remember if there was some sort of salmonella outbreak or if it was just brought to the eye of the public.

 

[rusty acres]

Salmonella and campylobacter infection is always a risk, but if you use common sense, proper hygiene, and cook the eggs properly, it shouldn't be an issue. The trouble is how litigious the US, and especially Florida, is. I mean, someone sued McDonalds when they spilled hot coffee on themselves. Now cups all have to say explicitly there is a hot beverage inside.