Eggs and egg products are an important source of the Nation’s total supply of food, and are used in food in various forms. They are consumed throughout the Nation and the major portion thereof moves in interstate or foreign commerce. It is essential, in the public interest, that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by the adoption of measures prescribed herein for assuring that eggs and egg products distributed to them and used in products consumed by them are wholesome, otherwise not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged. Lack of effective regulation for the handling or disposition of unwholesome, otherwise adulterated, or improperly labeled or packaged egg products and certain qualities of eggs is injurious to the public welfare and destroys markets for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged eggs and egg products and results in sundry losses to producers and processors, as well as injury to consumers. Unwholesome, otherwise adulterated, or improperly labeled or packaged products can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged products, to the detriment of consumers and the public generally. It is hereby found that all egg products and the qualities of eggs which are regulated under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce, or substantially affect such commerce, and that regulation by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and cooperation by the States and other jurisdictions, as contemplated by this chapter, are appropriate to prevent and eliminate burdens upon such commerce, to effectively regulate such commerce, and to protect the health and welfare of consumers.
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Eggs and egg products are an important source of the Nation’s total supply of food, and are used in food in various forms. They are consumed throughout the Nation and the major portion thereof moves in interstate or foreign commerce. It is essential, in the public interest, that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by the adoption of measures prescribed herein for assuring that eggs and egg products distributed to them and used in products consumed by them are wholesome, otherwise not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged. Lack of effective regulation for the handling or disposition of unwholesome, otherwise adulterated, or improperly labeled or packaged egg products and certain qualities of eggs is injurious to the public welfare and destroys markets for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged eggs and egg products and results in sundry losses to producers and processors, as well as injury to consumers. Unwholesome, otherwise adulterated, or improperly labeled or packaged products can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged products, to the detriment of consumers and the public generally. It is hereby found that all egg products and the qualities of eggs which are regulated under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce, or substantially affect such commerce, and that regulation by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and cooperation by the States and other jurisdictions, as contemplated by this chapter, are appropriate to prevent and eliminate burdens upon such commerce, to effectively regulate such commerce, and to protect the health and welfare of consumers.
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§ 1031. Congressional statement of findings
Eggs and egg products are an important source
of the Nation’s total supply of food, and are used
in food in various forms. They are consumed
throughout the Nation and the major portion
thereof moves in interstate or foreign com-
merce. It is essential, in the public interest,
that the health and welfare of consumers be pro-
tected by the adoption of measures prescribed
herein for assuring that eggs and egg products
distributed to them and used in products con-
sumed by them are wholesome, otherwise not
adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged.
Lack of effective regulation for the handling or
disposition of unwholesome, otherwise adulter-
ated, or improperly labeled or packaged egg
products and certain qualities of eggs is inju-
rious to the public welfare and destroys markets
for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly la-
beled and packaged eggs and egg products and
results in sundry losses to producers and proc-
essors, as well as injury to consumers. Unwhole-
some, otherwise adulterated, or improperly la-
beled or packaged products can be sold at lower
prices and compete unfairly with the whole-
some, not adulterated, and properly labeled and
packaged products, to the detriment of con-
sumers and the public generally. It is hereby
found that all egg products and the qualities of
eggs which are regulated under this chapter are
either in interstate or foreign commerce, or sub-
stantially affect such commerce, and that regu-
lation by the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and
cooperation by the States and other jurisdic-
tions, as contemplated by this chapter, are ap-
propriate to prevent and eliminate burdens upon
such commerce, to effectively regulate such