2014 Delaware Code
Title 3 - Agriculture
CHAPTER 35. EGGS
§ 3503. Official quality grades and weight classes


2 DE Code § 3503 (2014 through 146th Gen Ass) What's This?

The standards, grades, weight classes and tolerance for individual shell eggs adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture, Poultry Division of the Agricultural Marketing Service are adopted as the official standards, grades, weight classes and tolerance for this State. Such adopted standards apply to consumer grades only. Supplements to, and revisions of, the United States Department of Agriculture's standards, grades, weight classes and tolerance shall serve to effect similar changes in the standards, grades, weight classes and tolerance for this State.

Official standards for quality for individual shell eggs are:

Grade AA;

Grade A;

Grade B;

Unclassified.

43 Del. Laws, c. 88, § 2; 3 Del. C. 1953, § 3503; 56 Del. Laws, c. 258, § 1.;

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