Section 25-6-3 - Purpose of the act. - New Mexico Statutes

25-6-3. Purpose of the act.

The purpose of the Egg Grading Act [25-6-1 to 25-6-16 NMSA 1978] is to assure that no person, firm or corporation shall sell or have in his possession with the intent to sell, offer or expose for sale, or traffic in, any egg unfit for human food, unless the same is broken in shell and then denatured so that it cannot be used for human food, if it is or has:   

A.     addled or white rot;   

B.     moldy;   

C.     black rot;   

D.     blood ring;   

E.     stuck yolk;   

F.     sour;   

G.     green whites;   

H.     musty; or   

I.     incubator reject eggs.