Charitable food programs may distribute eggs past quality dates

Charitable food assistance programs may distribute eggs after their quality assurance date. This applies to eggs past their quality assurance date that charitable food assistance programs distribute. Eggs must stay in their original packaging, have been candled and graded, and remain continuously refrigerated. The package must name the distributing program, show a distribute-by date no more than 30 days after the original quality assurance date, and state, “Donated Eggs - Not for Resale.” Programs must distribute the eggs to consumers before 30 days have passed after the original quality assurance date.