2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 25 - Food
Article 6 - Egg Grading
Section 25-6-7 - Sale of ungraded eggs.

A. Retailers may sell the eggs specified in Section 25-6-6 NMSA 1978 to consumers only when such eggs on hand, offered or placed on sale are clearly marked "ungraded." Ungraded eggs shall be cartoned when sold at retail.

B. Any person proposing to sell ungraded eggs shall, prior to any such sale, notify the department in writing of his intent to sell ungraded eggs, specifying his location, the number of laying hens owned or in his possession, the place of production and the general area of the state in which the eggs are to be sold.

C. It is unlawful for any person selling any portion of his daily production as graded eggs to sell any portion thereof as ungraded eggs, except that any person may change his sales from graded to ungraded if he notifies the department in writing prior to such change.

D. It is unlawful for any person selling any portion of his daily production as ungraded eggs to sell any portion thereof as graded eggs, except that any person may change his sales from ungraded to graded eggs if he notifies the department in writing within five days from the date of change.

History: 1953 Comp., § 54-2-16, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 138, § 7; 1973, ch. 116, § 5.