---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 590.50"
title: "9"
number: "590.50"
heading: "Egg temperature and labeling requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/590.50"
---

# §590.50. Egg temperature and labeling requirements.

- (a) All shell eggs packed into containers destined for the ultimate consumer must be stored and transported under refrigeration at an ambient temperature of no greater than 45 °F (7.2 °C) and must bear safe handling instructions in accordance with [21 CFR 101.17(h)](/cfr/21/101.17.md?p=h).
- (b) Any producer-packer with an annual egg production from a flock of 3,000 or fewer layers is exempt from the temperature and labeling requirements of this section. Such producer-packer is still required to comply with the labeling requirements in [21 CFR 101.17(h)](/cfr/21/101.17.md?p=h).

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 68674, Oct. 29, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 1031-1056; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 9814, May 28, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977 and 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981. Further redesignated at 63 FR 72353, Dec. 31, 1998.

### Amendments

[85 FR 68674, Oct. 29, 2020]