Georgia Code
Article 8 - Eggs
§ 26-2-261. Classification of Eggs

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The weight tolerance, per dozen, where eggs are sold at retail, shall be not more than two eggs of the minimum net weight for individual eggs at the rate per dozen. Not more than 5 percent tolerance of the minimum net weight for individual eggs at the rate per dozen shall be allowed where eggs are sold in wholesale lots.
Size or Weight Classes Minimum Net Wt. Per Doz. (Oz.) Min. Net Wt.For Indv. Eggs at Rate Per Doz. (Oz.) Min. Net Wt. Per 30 Doz. (Lbs.) Jumbo 30 29 56 Extra Large 27 26 50 1/2 Large 24 23 45 MediumSS 21 20 39 1/2 Small 18 17 34 Pee Wee 15 14 28
History. Ga. L. 1935, p. 364, § 1; Ga. L. 1937, p. 639, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 49, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1956, p. 21, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 27, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 5, § 26/HB 90.
The 2015 amendment, effective March 13, 2015, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, inserted “and” at the end of paragraph (a)(1).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, “three-sixteenths” was substituted for “three-sixteenth” in divisions (c)(2)(B)(ii) and (c)(2)(C)(ii), and “one thirty-second” was substituted for “one-thirtysecond” in division (c)(2)(C)(i).

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