MN SF3891

Eggs past their quality assurance date may be donated to and distributed by charitable food assistance programs, creating an exception to the current requirement that such eggs be removed from sale

Donated eggs must meet specific conditions: remain in original packaging, have been previously candled and graded, and be continuously refrigerated

Eggs must be distributed to end consumers within 30 days past the original quality assurance date

Packaging must include a label with the charitable program's name, a "distribute by" date no more than 30 days past the quality assurance date, and the statement "Donated Eggs - Not for Resale"

Adds statutory definition of "quality assurance date" as the date after which a product may lose palatability or nutritive properties due to spoilage, wiltage, drying, or other natural phenomena