§ 27555 Egg Label Verification Fees

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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•If you sell eggs and put special words on the carton (like 'farm-fresh' or 'organic'), you might have to pay an extra fee.
•This fee pays for lab tests to check if the words on the egg carton are true.
•The fee also helps keep checking eggs to make sure they still match the words on the carton.

Example

A farm sells eggs with the label 'free-range' on the carton.

The farm may have to pay a fee so the government can test the eggs and make sure they really are from free-range chickens. If the eggs don’t match the label, the farm could get in trouble.

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§ 27555 Egg Label Verification Fees

The director may assess a special fee upon egg handlers who use descriptive terms on egg containers that require laboratory analysis to verify the terms. This fee shall be used for laboratory analysis necessary for label approval and continued surveillance for compliance with the descriptive terms. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 507, Sec. 4. Effective August 13, 1990.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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special fee egg handlers descriptive terms laboratory analysis label approval continued surveillance

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 27555.

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