(410 ILCS 615/15) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 55-15)
Sec. 15. Samples; packing methods. The Department shall prescribe methods in conformity with the United States Department of Agriculture specifications for selecting samples of lots, cases or containers of eggs or egg products which shall be reasonably calculated to produce fair representations of the entire lots or cases and containers sampled. Any sample taken shall be prima facie evidence in any court in this State of the true condition of the entire lot, case or container of eggs or egg products in the examination of which the sample was taken.
It shall be unlawful for any handler or retailer to pack eggs into consumer-size containers other than during the original candling and grading operations unless:
(a) The loose eggs to be so transferred are in master
case stamped no more than 5 days previous indicating that the size and quality have been verified.
(b) The process of transferring is done in a licensed
establishment.
(c) (Blank).
(d) The loose eggs to be transferred are reprocessed
in the same manner as nest-run eggs and each egg is recandled for quality and regraded for size in an establishment recognized as a competent grading facility by the Director or his authorized representative.
(e) (Blank).
If procedures described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section are executed, the mandatory labeling as it appears on the master cases with respect to name, address, grade, size and candling date must be identical to the labeling on the consumer-size containers into which the eggs are transferred except that the name and address may be changed, provided that the words "packed for", "packed by" or words of similar import do not appear.
(Source: P.A. 92-677, eff. 7-16-02.)
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