HB 2750 — expiration date; eggs; definition

HOUSEHouse FLOOREngrossed AMENDMENTexpiration EXPLANATIONdate; Bill Number:

HB2750eggs; Biasiucci Floor Amendment The Biasiucci floor amendment dated February 20, 2023 at 8:14 AM:

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•2750 AllowsBe someoneit toenacted advertise,by representthe orLegislature sellof eggs marked Grade AA as fresh or Grade AA for up to 30 days after the eggsState wereof candled.Arizona:

•Section Specifies1. that advertising or selling Grade AA eggs for up to 30 days after candling is not false, deceptive or misleading.

•Section Makes3-701, technicalArizona andRevised conformingStatutes, changes.is amended to read:

Amendment3-701. explanation prepared by Paul Bergelin/Abigail Hobson Phone Number 6-3458 pb 2/20/2023 Fifty-sixth Legislature Biasiucci First Regular Session H.B.

2750Definitions BIASIUCCIIn FLOORthis AMENDMENTarticle, HOUSEunless OFthe REPRESENTATIVEScontext AMENDMENTSotherwise TOrequires: H.B.

27501. (Reference to printed bill) Page 2, line 1, strike ", :

""Agent" insertincludes a colonbailee, Linebroker, 2,commission strikemerchant, "(a)"factor, insertauctioneer, "(a)";solicitor or consignee and any other person acting on the express or implied authority of another person.

strike "that are marked grade AA" insert "that are marked grade AA" Line 4, strike "FORTY-FIVE" insert "THIRTY" Strike lines 6 through 9, insert:

"(b) For eggs that are marked grade A, the words "best by" or "use by" followed by a date, including the month and day, that is not more than forty-five days after the eggs were candled and includes the date the eggs were candled." Page 3, after line 15, insert:

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"Associate director" means the associate director of the division.

3.

"Candling" means the visual examination of eggs to establish their quality by the use of USING transmitted light to determine the cleanliness and soundness of the shell, the size and condition of the aircell and the condition of the yolk, white and germ.

4.

"Carton" means an egg carton as used in commercial practice in the United States.

5.

"Case" means a standard thirty-dozen egg case as used in commercial practice in the United States.

6.

"Consumer" means a person who buys eggs for use as food and not for resale in any form.

7.

"Container" means any box, one-half case, basket, flat or other receptacle, excluding a carton and a case.

8.

"Dealer" means any person who contracts for or obtains from the producer, or any producer-dealer, dealer or manufacturer, possession or control of any eggs or egg products for the purpose of candling, grading, selling, peddling, distributing, dealing in or trading in eggs or egg products for resale to an egg dealer within this state, producer-dealer, manufacturer, retailer or consumer for human consumption within this state.

9.

"Deceptive" means any arrangement of the contents of any case, container, subcontainer, lot, load or display in which the eggs in the outer layer or in any portion exposed to view are in grade, size, condition or any other respect so superior to those in the interior or unexposed portion as to materially misrepresent the contents or any part of the contents as to size, grade, condition or any other respects.

10.

"Division" means the animal services division of the Arizona department of agriculture.

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"Egg products":

(a) Means eggs that are removed from the shell in a liquid, frozen, dried or freeze-dried state.

(b) May consist of whole eggs, yolks, whites or any blend of yolk and white, with or without additives, if eggs are the main ingredient.

12.

"Eggs" means eggs that are in the shell and that are from chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese or any other species of fowl.

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