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    EGGS: TO WASH, OR NOT TO WASH?

    This topic comes up frequently, so here is the low down on the egg regulations for Alberta small flock producers:If you are selling your eggs, or they are otherwise leaving your farm for human consumption, they MUST be washed and refrigerated. https://qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2004_023.pdf “The provincial egg regulation, the Purchase and Sale of Eggs and Processed Egg Regulation, affects the sale of eggs direct to end consumers. According to the regulation, uninspected, ungraded eggs can be sold directly to consumers for their own personal use provided that:§ the eggs are produced on the producer’s own farm§ the eggs are clean, have no visible cracks and are not leaking§ the eggs are kept…