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Hi there everyone! Enjoying the rain, finally? POINTS to who sees the first snowflake!

Anybody NE Atlanta want either a Buff Orph roo or a black Austrolorp roo? these were buddies until yesterday. Today they tried to kill each other and are now a bit tattered on the comb and covered in mud. One is in the tool shed. Or take both. These were from a nice breeder this spring.
 
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That's what I thought. Thanks! It does seem to indicate they have to be candled, though, which is weird. I sell mine to neighbors as "Ungraded".

Candelling is recommended but not required if selling directly to the public on your property.

Does anyone have this in writing? The link I posted (to what looks like a scanned copy of an ancient document) is the only thing I can find.

-Wendy
 
TITLE 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS
CHAPTER 2. STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD
ARTICLE 8. EGGS

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-260 (2011)
§ 26-2-260. Definitions


As used in this article, the term:

(1) "Cold storage" means protected storage in a refrigerated place.

(2) "Commerce" means interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce.

(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia.

(4) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the State of Georgia.

(5) "Egg" means the shell egg of the domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea.

(6) "Egg handler" means any person who engages in any business in commerce which involves buying or selling any eggs, as a poultry producer or otherwise, processing any egg products, or otherwise using any eggs in the preparation of human food.

(7) "Egg product" means any dried, frozen, or liquid eggs, with or without added ingredients, except products which contain eggs only in a relatively small proportion or which historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the egg food industry.

(8) "Quality" means the inherent properties of any product which determine its relative degree of excellence.

(9) "Wholesaler" means any person, firm, corporation, association, dealer, or broker selling or offering for sale, in or into this state, more than five cases of eggs in any one week.
 
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TITLE 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS
CHAPTER 2. STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD
ARTICLE 8. EGGS

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-263 (2011)
§ 26-2-263. License required for wholesaler or egg handler; grounds for suspension or revocation; transferability; exemption


(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as a wholesaler or as an egg handler without first obtaining a license from the Commissioner. No license issued under this article shall be suspended or revoked except for health and sanitation reasons or violations of this article and until the licensee to be affected shall be provided with reasonable notice thereof and an opportunity for hearing, as provided under Chapter 13 of Title 50, known as the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." Licenses issued under this article shall be valid until suspended or revoked and shall not be transferable with respect to persons or location. There shall be no fee for such license.

(b) Food sales establishments licensed under Article 2 of this chapter, known as the "Georgia Food Act," and shell egg handlers registered under the United States Department of Agriculture shell egg surveillance inspection program shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section.
 
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TITLE 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS
CHAPTER 2. STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD
ARTICLE 8. EGGS

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-272 (2011)
§ 26-2-272. Licensing of candlers and graders of eggs; promulgation of rules and regulations regarding qualifications; temporary work without license


Each candler and grader of eggs offered for sale shall obtain a license from the Department of Agriculture at no cost, after demonstrating to the satisfaction of the department his capability and qualifications as an egg candler and grader. The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to establish by rule and regulation the minimum qualifications for egg candlers and graders. With the approval of the Commissioner, any person may candle and grade eggs not to exceed 14 days, pending licensing by the department, provided that during this period the employer of such temporary candler and grader shall be accountable for the actions of such candler and grader while acting in such capacity.
 
In a nutshell, if you sell eggs in Ga, you should have a candelling license. But, how can "they" regulate and enforce the "little guys"? The state budget is so tight, they just shut down all but 3 of the regulatory offices. There is one in Atlanta, Gainesville, and Tifton.
 

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