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12:26:07:04B quality factors.

Section · Administrative Rules of South Dakota · View on sdlegislature.gov ↗

An egg of B quality shall meet the following quality factors: (1) The shell shall be unbroken, may be abnormal, and may have slightly stained areas; (2) The shell may contain moderately stained areas if they do not cover more than one-thirty-second of the shell surface if localized or one-sixteenth of the shell surface if scattered; (3) The shells may not have prominent stains or adhering dirt; (4) The air cell may be over three-sixteenths inch in depth, may show unlimited movement, and may be free or bubbly; (5) The white may be weak and watery so that the yolk outline is plainly visible when the egg is twirled before the candling light; (6) The yolk may appear dark, enlarged, and flattened and may show clearly visible germ development but no blood due to development; (7) The egg may show other serious defects that do not render the egg inedible; and (8) Blood spots or meat spots, totaling not more than one-eighth inch in diameter, may be present.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 8 SDR 89, effective January 24, 1982; 12 SDR 128, 12 SDR 154, effective July 1, 1986.

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