Section 107 - Exemptions from regulation.

UT Code § 4-4-107 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) Except as provided in this section, a small producer and the shell eggs produced by a small producer is exempt from regulation by the department.

(2) The Department of Health has the authority to investigate foodborne illness.

(3) The department may assist, consult, or inspect shell eggs when requested by a small producer.

(4) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the Department of Health or the department to certify, license, regulate, or inspect food or food products that are not exempt from certification, licensing regulation, or inspection under this section.

(5) The department may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to govern the temperature, cleaning, and sanitization of shell eggs under this chapter that are sold by a small producer to a restaurant.

(6) Eggs sold by a small producer pursuant to this chapter are exempt from the restricted egg tolerances for United States Consumer Grade B as specified in the United States Standards, Grades, and Weight Classes for Shell Eggs, AMS 56.200 et seq., administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service of United States Agriculture Department.