Illegal to Advertise Nest Run Eggs as "Fresh" or "Local"?

[U_Stormcrow]

I keep thinking about writing dates on ping pong balls, then throwing them in the flats next to the actual eggs. But first, I'd have to buy ping pong balls...

I'm using a piece of a 2.99 white board from walmart now, cut it down into smaller pieces.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I keep thinking about writing dates on ping pong balls, then throwing them in the flats next to the actual eggs. But first, I'd have to buy ping pong balls...

I'm using a piece of a 2.99 white board from walmart now, cut it down into smaller pieces.

Like thin white board? I never new it existed. Do they get glued on?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Like thin white board? I never new it existed. Do they get glued on?

Its a paper thin piece of white enamelled metal with a cardboard backing. You will find them in school supplies. The metal is so damn thin, you can cut it with a straight edge and repeated passes of a razor blade.

 

[flinthillwolf]

Here in Ky, to sell eggs, the cartons must be new. No returns. I can sell 60 dozen a week without a permit. If eggs are sold at farmers market or etc, they must be chilled in some manor or other, such as a cooler, but eggs have to be divided from the ice. Just afew simple rules. My eggs are free range, and folks come to the house to buy. I keep eggs in a spare refrig at 34 degrees. I order my cartons by the hundred. I don't make money on my eggs, with the price of keeping chickens, but it helps alittle. I keep free range feeders full of oats, sunflower seed, and corn to supplement my free rangers.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Its a paper thin piece of white enamelled metal with a cardboard backing. You will find them in school supplies. The metal is so damn thin, you can cut it with a straight edge and repeated passes of a razor blade.

Interesting. Next time we go to Walmart, I'll check that aisle.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Interesting. Next time we go to Walmart, I'll check that aisle.

This is it. Cheaper than I remember. That NEVER happens!

 

[LizzzyJo]

Ah, I missed that one, thanks, but I'm not surprised and I guess it makes sense. People who pay a premium for organic should be getting truly organic instead of just the seller's say so. When I was feeding my own whole grain diet, all of the eight grains were organic, bought from Azure Standard--except the alfalfa pellets. I could see somebody's yielding to temptation to just go ahead and label the eggs organic, which wouldn't be true.
Once I paid highly to buy my husband underwear that was 95% organic cotton and 5% elastane (for the waistband). Come to find out the elastane was not just the waistband, but the chemically produced polyurethane fabric was interwoven throughout the "100% organic" cotton, making the pure cotton null and the price indefensible. So I'm glad regulations exist to protect the consumer.

p.s. But when some regulations become ridiculous and overreaching (it used to be illegal to sing Happy Birthday without paying Warner/Chappell Music), I do admit to bypassing them, using my conscience and the spirit of the law.

Also for the "organic" thing, if you ever throw scraps to your chickens that aren't certified, then their eggs and meat are not organic.

If I grab leftover grapes from a work party and toss them to the chickens, then they are no longer "organic" rather or not I have certified my farm legally as organic.

 

[MysteryChicken]

This is it. Cheaper than I remember. That NEVER happens!

So, it's an actual mini white board. I thought you meant sheets originally.

 

[MysteryChicken]

This is it. Cheaper than I remember. That NEVER happens!

Found this.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZDZWL...abc_JRAA6F4WFD48S1YGXMY1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Parront]

Also for the "organic" thing, if you ever throw scraps to your chickens that aren't certified, then their eggs and meat are not organic.

If I grab leftover grapes from a work party and toss them to the chickens, then they are no longer "organic" rather or not I have certified my farm legally as organic.

"Certified Organic" is another of those terms that have been co-opted by the industrial egg industry. It is expensive for a small person to get, it has rules like these you mention, inspections, paperwork, more trouble than it is worth. The marketing is effective, though. Our daughter, who has chickens, is coming for a visit next week. She wants us to buy her some "Organic" eggs -- she knows I do not pay for the organic feed for my flock, and she wants store eggs with the "certified organic" sticker. They have even convinced my kids that my eggs are not safe or good, without such a sticker!
There is a loophole in the organic certification, if they can't get certain feed ingredients, they can get permission to substitute not organic ingredients. So, I do not want to pay such ridiculous prices for "Organic" chicken feed, when any time they can just substitute ingredients. But, I am not going to explain these legalities to our daughter, I am just going to get those magic store eggs for her.