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HRS §147-74

Rules for grading and selling eggs

The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity can make rules about selling eggs for people to eat, including grades, quality, size, inspection, fees, labeling, invoices, and records. These rules must follow state procedures and, when possible, match federal standards. The rules cannot unfairly burden eggs sold across state lines.

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The statute, as written — Grading standards and regulations

Subject to chapter 91, the department of agriculture and biosecurity may make rules with respect to: (1) Sale and transportation for sale of eggs for human consumption; (2) Specific grades or standards of quality, condition, and size or weight classes which shall conform when practical to those established by the United States Department of Agriculture as local conditions will permit; (3) Inspection and classification; (4) Assessment and collection of fees for requested certification as to grade, standard of quality, condition, and size or weight classes; (5) Labeling of containers of imported and locally produced eggs and marking of individual imported eggs as to origin; (6) Seller's invoice for sale of eggs; (7) Records of imported shell eggs of foreign origin; (8) Methods of determining egg quality, which shall not include recandling or any other method applied to eggs in interstate commerce which is discriminatory or impairs that commerce in any way or requires a cost increase of eggs in interstate commerce; and (9) Enforcement of this part and of the rules adopted under this part.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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