New York state egg selling regulations

[Colored Egg Farmer]

I like the Pennsylvania law. You can have I think 1-2 thousand chickens before you need to be inspected. You just need a label with your Name and location. The egg inspectors really wanted to check my eggs but they couldn't.

 

[felicity3912]

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I see your in shenectady county. I live in schenectady and was wondering if I could have chickens for my own person use? I have a triple city lot. I only want to have about 5? do you know if this is possible?

 

[Walter7]

Most states allow for a lower amount of eggs with out strict controls. The more you sell the better you become know he more gov't interest is show.

Some one asked whay they had to was the egg. Saniitation is a good thing . Even if an egg comes from a clean nestbox In the hen house they can collect germ,,People don't want to buy dirty eggs..Washing and Rinsing eggs is just good business.

Mant state will let you sell ungraded eggs and/or unsorted one. Just put it in your label that you cn make at hone.

Looking at being active and meeting some of youo for possible B@B


Walter

 

[lbmccabe56]

We are moving to Up state New York and wanted to know if we have to have a egg license to sell to small stores like a mom and pop store? We are in Missouri right now and I do sell eggs to neighbors and others that we meet and we sell to one store here. It is a small store and she buys eggs from a few of us.
Thank you
lbmccabe56

 

[definitely not a farmer]

The thread is a few years old and as NYS and Cornell Co-operative extension change their links quite often, updated, active links seem to be in order.
NYS farm product marketing brochures downloadable here:

https://www.agriculture.ny.gov/FS/general/farmprods.html

Cornell university marketing regulations site is now here:

http://smallfarms.cornell.edu/2017/05/02/43-marketing-regulations/

basically they need to be cleaned, candled, and packaged with your and name address and date of Packaging. there's also information on how long they can be considered fresh and how long they have to or can be refrigerated before labeling has to reflect that they have been.

 

[jena1]

I know this is an old thread, but it's a top google search result, so I thought I'd add in some clarification for the Cornell info:
"A producer selling eggs of his (sic) own production directly to consumers is exempt from grade and size labeling requirements."

The full guidelines as of 2009 (I can't find any updated guidelines on ny.gov, but I assume they haven't really changed) for selling your own eggs directly to a consumer:

Cartons and cases must be marked with:
1. The word "eggs".
2. Count – may be expressed in dozens
3. Your name, address and zip code
4. The words "keep refrigerated" or similar designation
5. “To prevent illness from bacteria: keep eggs refrigerated, cook eggs until yolks are firm, and cook foods containing eggs thoroughly.

Leakers, blood spots, meat spots and other type of loss may not be sold for human consumption.
Federal law requires all eggs to be refrigerated and held at 45°f or below immediately after packing, including during transportation and retail

<End Cornell info>

Notably, I do not see a requirement that the eggs be washed, but as a general rule unwashed eggs do not need to be refrigerated, while washed eggs do. That said, all eggs sold in the US must be refrigerated from packing through sale, and sold stating that they require refrigeration, even if they aren't washed (vs. Europe, which is the opposite - eggs are unwashed and unrefrigerated).

There's also no licensing requirement unless you have many many chickens (3,000 or more).