§ 69.25.170. Exemptions permitted by rule of director
(1) The director may, by regulation and under such conditions and procedures as he may prescribe, exempt from specific provisions of this chapter:
(a) The sale, transportation, possession, or use of eggs which contain no more restricted eggs than are allowed by the tolerance in the official state standards for consumer grades for shell eggs;
(b) The processing of egg products at any plant where the facilities and operating procedures meet such sanitary standards as may be prescribed by the director, and where the eggs received or used in the manufacture of egg products contain no more restricted eggs than are allowed by the official standards of the state consumer grades for shell eggs, and the egg products processed at such plant;
(c) The sale of eggs by any poultry producer from his own flocks directly to a household consumer exclusively for use by such consumer and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees, and the transportation, possession, and use of such eggs in accordance with this subsection;
(d) The sale of eggs by shell egg packers on his own premises directly to household consumers for use by such consumer and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees, and the transportation, possession, and use of such eggs in accordance with this subsection;
(e) The sale of eggs by any egg producer with an annual egg production from a flock of three thousand hens or less.
(2) The director may modify or revoke any regulation granting exemption under this chapter whenever he deems such action appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
[1995 c 374 § 28; 1975 1st ex.s. c 201 § 18.]
Notes:
Effective date -- 1995 c 374 § § 1-47, 50-53, and 59-68: See note following RCW 15.36.012.
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