Section 13 Marking of egg packages and description of eggs.

Every person dealing in preserved, cold-stored, chemically-stored or pickled eggs, whether by wholesale or retail, and whether as importer, consignor, consignee or commission agent or otherwise, shall mark in such manner as may be prescribed every package whether open or closed, containing any such eggs.

A person shall not, contrary to the provisions of sub-section (1), deal in, sell, expose or offer for sale or have in his possession for the purposes of sale, any preserved, cold-stored, chemically-stored or pickled eggs.

A warranty or invoice shall be available as a defence in a prosecution for an offence against this section in relation to the sale of any such eggs as aforesaid, in any case where a warranty or invoice would be so available if the prosecution had been taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts in respect of the sale of an article of food, …F1.