2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .550   Prohibition against buying, selling, or processing eggs without license -- Exceptions -- Stop orders and withdraw from sale orders imposed for certain violations.

260.550 Prohibition against buying, selling, or processing eggs without license -- Exceptions -- Stop orders and withdraw from sale orders imposed for certain violations. (1) No person shall buy, sell, trade, traffic, or process eggs in Kentucky without a license issued pursuant to the egg marketing law, with the following exceptions: (a)  Hatcheries purchasing eggs to be used exclusively for hatching purposes; (b)  Hotels, restaurants, and other eating places where all eggs purchased are served in the establishment; (c)  Bakeries, confectioneries, and ice cream manufacturers who use eggs in a manufactured product; (d)  Consumers buying eggs for their own consumption; or (e)  Producers who sell only directly to consumers and do not exceed a sales limit of sixty (60) dozen eggs per calendar week. (2) Any person engaged in the act of selling shell eggs or egg products under any of the following circumstances shall have all shell eggs and egg products placed under a stop order: (a)  Selling or otherwise marketing shell eggs or egg products without a license; (b)  Selling or otherwise marketing shell eggs or egg products without first submitting an emergency recall plan to the department; (c)  Failing to remit or pay fines owed to the department; or (d)  Failing to properly label shell eggs or egg products. (3) Any person natural or otherwise engaged in the act of selling shell eggs or egg products that has been cited by an inspector or agent of the department for a cause listed in KRS 260.640(8)(a) or (b) shall be placed under a withdraw from sale order until such time as the department or an authorized agent of the department rescinds the order. Effective: July 12, 2006 History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 215, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 2, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 2, effective January 1, 1957.