370 IAC 1-3-2 Consumer packages; date requirements

Sec. 2. All eggs offered for sale in consumer packages (cases, boxes, baskets, or containers): (1) shall be legibly dated (month and day or consecutive day of the year) the day the eggs were packed; and (2) shall bear in distinctly legible form an expiration date, which shall be stated as the month and day, for example, April 3 or 4-3, preceded by the letters "EXP" or one (1) of the following: "SELL BY", "BEST BY", or "USE BY". The expiration date shall not exceed forty-five (45) days from the date of pack, excluding the date of pack. Shell eggs labeled AA shall bear an expiration date of not more than fifteen (15) days from date of pack, excluding date of pack.