Title 37 — FOOD, DRUGS, AND OIL

37-1501. Terms defined. The word "eggs" whenever used in this act shall mean and include foreign eggs in the shell, and the words "foreign eggs" shall mean and include eggs produced in any foreign country, and egg products manufactured from eggs produced in any foreign country. T…

37-1502. Sale when unfit for human food unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale, in this state, any eggs or egg products unfit for human food; and for the purpose of this act, an egg shall be deemed unfit for human food when it is addled, p…

37-1503. Eggs in the shell. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale in this state any foreign eggs in the shell, without having stamped on each such egg, in legible type and in durable indelible ink, the words "Foreign Produced Eggs From …." and the …

37-1504. Eggs other than in the shell and egg products. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale in this state any foreign eggs in any other from (form) than in the shell, or any egg products manufactured from foreign eggs, without having stamped or p…

37-1505. Serving in restaurants, hotels and other establishments. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or operating any restaurant, hotel, cafe, coffee shop, or other place where food is served, or any bakery or confectionery shop where food products are sold, to serve or s…

37-1506. Manufacture or sale of food products containing eggs or egg products. It shall be unlawful for any person manufacturing and/or selling any food products containing eggs or egg products to sell, offer or expose for sale in this state any food products containing foreign e…

37-1507. Violation a misdemeanor. Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

37-1519. Purpose. The legislature of the state of Idaho recognizes that the candling, storing, grading, packing, selling, peddling, distributing, labeling, dealing in and trading in eggs in the state of Idaho is in the public interest and hereby declares that the provisions of th…

37-1520. Definitions. When used in this act: (a) The term "candling" shall refer to the act or function of determining the grade of eggs; and the term "candler" shall refer to the person performing that act or function. (b) The term "carton" shall mean a container containing one …

37-1521. Regulations for grades and standards. The director of the department of agriculture shall issue regulations for the enforcement of this act which regulations shall have the force and effect of law. Such regulations may relate to all phases of inspection and grading of eg…

37-1522. Licenses. (a) No person shall act as a distributor of eggs in the state of Idaho without first obtaining a license therefor from the director for each physically separate establishment at which such business is conducted. (b) No producer or distributor shall engage in ca…

37-1523. Fees — Renewal. (a) The annual license fee for each physically separate establishment of a distributor shall be twenty dollars ($20.00). The annual license fee for each egg candler shall be five dollars ($5.00). The period for which the license fee is paid and for which …

37-1523A. Assessments — Exemptions to assessments — Prepayment — Audit. (1) There is hereby levied an assessment not to exceed four (4) mills per dozen eggs (4/10 of a cent per dozen eggs) entering intrastate commerce as prescribed by rules and regulations issued by the director.…

37-1524. Statements on container. (a) Each carton or other container in which eggs are being sold or offered for sale by a distributor, egg handler or dealer in the state of Idaho shall bear: (1) A legible statement of the grade and size of eggs. (2) A legible statement of the na…

37-1525. Records — Enforcement. The director is hereby directed and empowered: (a) To administer and enforce the provisions of this act. (b) To require records to be kept. Every distributor and dealer purchasing or selling eggs in the state of Idaho shall keep a record of each pu…

37-1526. Violation a misdemeanor — Penalties. Any person convicted of violating any provisions of this act or the rules and regulations issued thereunder or who shall impede, obstruct, hinder, or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent the director or his duly authorized represen…

37-1527. Director’s discretionary action. Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring the director or his representative to report for prosecution or for the institution of seizure proceeding a minor violation of the act when he believes that the public interest will be b…

37-1528. Duty to prosecute. It shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney to whom any violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted without delay in a court of competent jurisdiction.

37-1529. Right to injunction. The director is hereby authorized to apply for and the court to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this act or any rules or regulations promulgated under t…

37-1530. Contracts with federal government. The director of the department of agriculture may with the approval of the governor contract with any agency or subdivision of the federal government in relation to egg or egg product inspection, and may also receive on behalf of state …