Egg cleaning.

7-11-01-06. Egg cleaning. Eggs must be washed manually or with the aid of automatic cleaning equipment. After washing the egg, it must be treated with a sanitizing solution and allowed to dry before packing. Clean potable water must be used in the egg-cleaning and sanitizing process. If manually washing eggs, a wash vat may be used with the detergent. Eggs should not be allowed to soak in water. The strength of the sanitizing spray must be no less than fifty parts per million nor more than two hundred parts per million of available chlorine or its equivalent. Other sanitizers formulated in compliance with 21 Code of Federal 2 Regulations, section 178.1010 are acceptable for use in sanitizing shell eggs provided the sanitizers are registered with the federal environmental protection agency and labeled for use on shell eggs. History: Effective January 1, 1993; amended effective July 1, 2019; July 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 4.1-19-06 Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-19-06