Authority: IC 16-42-11-5

Affected: IC 16-42-11-5

Sec. 2. All eggs offered for sale in consumer packages (cases, boxes, baskets, or containers):

1. (1) shall be legibly dated (month and day or consecutive day of the year) the day the eggs were packed; and
2. (2) shall bear in distinctly legible form an expiration date, which shall be stated as the month and day, for example, April 3 or 4-3, preceded by the letters "EXP" or one (1) of the following: "SELL BY", "BEST BY", or "USE BY".

The expiration date shall not exceed forty-five (45) days from the date of pack, excluding the date of pack. Shell eggs labeled AA shall bear an expiration date of not more than fifteen (15) days from date of pack, excluding date of pack.

(State Egg Board; Reg 3, Title I, Sec 2; filed Aug 14, 1973, 1:30 p.m.: Rules and Regs. 1974, p. 83; filed Nov 23, 1981, 9:30 a.m.: 5 IR 33, eff Jan 1, 1982; filed Feb 13, 1985, 1:57 p.m.: 8 IR 794; filed Feb 3, 1987, 2:00 p.m.: 10 IR 1225; filed Feb 12, 1993, 5:00 p.m.: 16 IR 1776; readopted filed Nov 7, 2001, 3:22 p.m.: 25 IR 937; filed Jan 2, 2003, 10:03 a.m.: 26 IR 1543; readopted filed Sep 2, 2009, 11:37 a.m.: 20090930-IR-370090393RFA; filed Aug 27, 2010, 12:08 p.m.: 20100922-IR-370090808FRA; readopted filed Aug 21, 2015, 10:57 a.m.: 20150916-IR-370150168RFA; filed Aug 28, 2018, 12:24 p.m.: 20180926-IR-370170449FRA; readopted filed Sep 21, 2021, 11:57 a.m.: 20211020-IR-370210345RFA; readopted filed Nov 5, 2025, 4:13 p.m.: 20251119-IR-370240504RFA)