262 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



vided in this Act, and in addition thereto the State Food Com- 

 missioner shall at once revoke such offender's license. 



Rules and Regulations for the Guidance of all Those Interested in the 



Above Law. 



The following rules and regulations are being issued for the 

 enforcement thereof. The Departijient's interpretation of the 

 law is reflected in these rules and regulations. 



It shall he unlawful to ship or otherwise dispose of in any 

 kind of a container or in any other manner, any collection of eggs 

 or any eggs known as ''yolks stuck to the shell/' ''heavy blood 

 rings/' "partially hatched/' "moldy eggs/' "black spots/' "black 

 rots/' or any other eggs of an unwholesome nature, unless th& 

 same are broken in the shell and then denatured so as to render 

 the samte unfit for human food. 



1. We are desirous of securing for this State, shipments of 

 eggs containing the smallest number of unwholesome ones with- 

 in the bounds of good commercial practice. We are strongly 

 urging the country merchant and collector to buy eggs on a "loss 

 off" basis from the farmer, candling them in his presence, or at 

 least before paying for them. When the farmer is paid for the 

 good eggs only, and has the bad eggs returned to him., he be- 

 comes aware of the results of his carelessness and he will take 

 better care of eggs. 



2. Our aim is to reach the man who is originally respon- 

 sible for the bad eggs. Such persons if they reside within the 

 State of Illinois will be subject to the penalties of the Food Law. 

 On the other hand, it is not the intention of the Illinois Food 

 Department to prosecute an Illinois receiver of eggs shipped 

 from another State, when the eggs are in violation of the law 

 through the carelessness, inexperience or wilfulness of a ship- 

 per outside of Illinois. Such cases will be brought to the atten- 

 tion of the Federal authorities, central division, and to the prop- 

 per officials of the State from which the eggs were shipped. 

 Illinois receivers and brokers who are in the habit of receiving 

 eggs and forwarding the same to other receivers or brokers, 



