NAC583.151. Consumer grades for shell eggs.

     1. A grade AA quality lot at destination consists of eggs at least 72 percent of which are AA quality, 10 percent or more of the remaining are A quality and 18 percent or less are B quality. The percentage of B quality must not be more than 1 percent B quality due to air cells over three-eighths of an inch, blood spots (aggregating not more than one-eighth of an inch in diameter), or serious defects in the yolks. Checks must not exceed 7 percent (9 percent for jumbo size). Leakers, dirties or losses due to meat or blood spots, in any combination, must not exceed 1 percent except loss must not exceed 0.3 percent. Other types of loss are not permitted.

     2. A grade A quality lot at destination consists of eggs at least 82 percent of which are A quality or better, not more than 18 percent are below A quality, not more than 1 percent are B quality due to air cells over three-eighths of an inch, meat or blood spots (aggregating not more than one-eighth of an inch in diameter) or serious defects in the yolks, not more than 7 percent (9 percent for jumbo size) are checks, and not more than 1 percent are leakers, dirties or losses due to meat or blood spots, in any combination. The loss may not exceed 0.3 percent. Other types of loss are not permitted.

     3. A grade B quality lot at destination consists of eggs at least 90 percent of which are B quality or better, not more than 10 percent are checks and not more than 1 percent are leakers, dirties or losses due to meat or blood spots in any combination. The loss may not exceed 0.3 percent. Other types of loss are not permitted.

     4. In lots of two or more cases:

     (a) For grade AA, each individual case must contain at least 62 percent AA quality eggs.

     (b) For grade A, each individual case must contain at least 72 percent A quality eggs.

     (c) For grade B, each individual case must contain at least 80 percent B quality eggs.

     (d) For any grade, a tolerance of 3.3 percent for eggs in the next lower class by weight is permitted for the lot if no individual case within the lot exceeds 5 percent.

     (e) A lot will not be rejected or downgraded because of the quality of a single egg except for loss other than blood or meat spots.

     [St. Quarantine Officer, No. 83.03, eff. 3-1-58; A 4-1-72]—(NAC A 9-7-82; 11-7-84)