MinnesotaMinnesota lets food programs distribute certain past-date eggs
Charitable food programs may distribute some eggs after a date when they may lose taste or other qualities, if the eggs meet handling and labeling rules.
What it does
Charitable food programs may distribute some eggs after their quality assurance date, including eggs that lose their retail grade. The eggs must meet storage, packaging, and labeling rules.
Argument forFood programs could give people some eggs that retailers must remove from sale, as long as the eggs meet the handling and labeling rules.
Argument againstRecipients may have little time to use donated eggs if a program distributes them close to the 30-day cutoff.
More detail
Charitable food programs may donate and distribute some eggs after their quality assurance date. The rule covers eggs past a date the manufacturer or processor reasonably determines they may lose taste or other desired qualities. Grade AA eggs lose their grade 31 days after the coded pack date; Grade A eggs lose theirs after 46 days. Eggs must stay refrigerated, remain in their original packaging, and have been candled and graded. The package must name the distributing program, show a distribute-by date no more than 30 days after the original quality assurance date, and say “Donated Eggs - Not for Resale.” Eggs must reach the consumer before 30 days have passed from the original quality assurance date. The package’s distribute-by date cannot be later than that cutoff.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Aug 1Effective date 08/01/2026Latest
- May 26Secretary of State Chapter 110 05/26/26
- May 26Governor Tim Walz's action Approval 05/26/26Major
- May 26Secretary of State, Filed 05/26/2026
- May 26Governor Tim Walz approval 05/26/2026Became Law
- May 20Presentment date 05/20/26
- May 20Presented to Governor 05/20/2026To Governor
- May 17Returned from House
- May 16Bill was passedPassed 2nd Chamber
- Vote recorded Passage. Result: pass.Lower
- May 16Third readingMinor
- May 14House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Saturday, May 16, 2026
- May 14Second readingMinor
- May 14Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- May 13Third reading PassedPassed 1st Chamber
- Vote recorded Third reading Passed. Result: pass.Upper
- May 13Special Order
- May 13Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3579
- May 13Received from SenateMinor
- May 12Second readingMinor
- May 12Comm report: To passMinor
- Apr 7Author added Hemmingsen-Jaeger
- Mar 23Comm report: To pass and re-referred to FinanceMinor
- Mar 18Author added Westrom
- Feb 26Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural DevelopmentMinor
- Feb 26Introduction and first readingIntroduced
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