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  1  1                                          SENATE FILE 161
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 MODIFYING THE HOLDING TEMPERATURE REQUIRED FOR THE STORAGE
  1  5    OF EGGS SOLD AT RETAIL.  
  1  6 
  1  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 
  1  8 
  1  9    Section 1.  Section 196.8, Code 1997, is amended read as
  1 10 follows:
  1 11    196.8  QUALITY.
  1 12    1.  All eggs offered for sale to an establishment must be
  1 13 no lower than United States department of agriculture consumer
  1 14 grade "B".  Retailers selling eggs at retail must hold eggs at
  1 15 a temperature not to exceed sixty degrees Fahrenheit or
  1 16 sixteen degrees Celsius.  From the time of candling and
  1 17 grading until they reach the consumer, all eggs designated for
  1 18 human consumption shall be held at a temperature not to exceed
  1 19 forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or seven degrees Celsius ambient
  1 20 temperature.  The forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or seven
  1 21 degrees Celsius ambient temperature requirement applies to any
  1 22 place or room in which eggs are stored, except inside a
  1 23 vehicle during transportation where the ambient temperature
  1 24 may exceed forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or seven degrees
  1 25 Celsius, provided the transport vehicle is equipped with
  1 26 refrigeration units capable of delivering air at a temperature
  1 27 not greater than forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or seven
  1 28 degrees Celsius and capable of cooling the vehicle to a
  1 29 temperature not greater than forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or
  1 30 seven degrees Celsius.  All shell eggs shall be kept from
  1 31 freezing.
  1 32    2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, eggs gathered for sale at
  1 33 a poultry show from fowl exhibited at the show which show has
  1 34 received financial assistance from the state in prior fiscal
  1 35 years, shall be exempt from the storage temperature and
  2  1 consumer grade quality requirements contained in subsection 1.
  2  2 If eggs are offered for sale at such an exhibit, five hundred
  2  3 dollars is appropriated to the department to reimburse the
  2  4 sponsoring agency of the exhibit for the expenses associated
  2  5 with the exhibit.  
  2  6 
  2  7 
  2  8                                                             
  2  9                               MARY E. KRAMER
  2 10                               President of the Senate
  2 11 
  2 12 
  2 13                                                             
  2 14                               RON J. CORBETT
  2 15                               Speaker of the House
  2 16 
  2 17    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  2 18 is known as Senate File 161, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
  2 19 
  2 20 
  2 21                                                             
  2 22                               MARY PAT GUNDERSON
  2 23                               Secretary of the Senate
  2 24 Approved                , 1997
  2 25 
  2 26 
  2 27                         
  2 28 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
  2 29 Governor
     
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