Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 523 (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Wilcox, R.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/23/2023

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• modifies requirements for the sale of shell eggs.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

EGG RETAILER AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox
Senate Sponsor: 
Scott D. Sandall
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses exemptions from regulations for the sale of shell eggs.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ modifies requirements for the sale of shell eggs.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
4-4-107
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 354
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
4-4-107
 is amended to read:
4-4-107.
Exemptions from regulation.
(1) Except as provided in this section, a small producer and the shell eggs produced by
a small producer are exempt from regulation by the department.
(2) The Department of Health 
and Human Services
 has the authority to investigate
foodborne illness.
(3) The department may assist, consult, or inspect shell eggs when requested by a small
producer.
(4) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the Department of Health 
and
Human Services
 or the department to certify, license, regulate, or inspect food or food products
that are not exempt from certification, licensing regulation, or inspection under this section.
(5) The Department of Health and Human Services, or a local health department, may
not prevent the sale of shell eggs from a small producer to an end consumer unless the
Department of Health and Human Services, or the county health department, establishes that
the shell eggs:
(a) are addled or moldy; or
(b) contain:
(i) black spot;
(ii) black rot;
(iii) white rot;
(iv) blood ring;
(v) adherent yolk; or
(vi) a bloody or green albumen.
[
(5)
] 
(6)
 The department may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to govern the temperature, cleaning, and sanitization of
shell eggs under this chapter that are sold by a small producer to a restaurant.
[
(6)
] 
(7)
 Eggs sold by a small producer pursuant to this chapter are exempt from the
restricted egg tolerances for United States Consumer Grade B as specified in the United States
Standards, Grades, and Weight Classes for Shell Eggs, AMS 56.200 et seq., administered by
the Agricultural Marketing Service of United States Agriculture Department.