(1) The weight classes for Washington state consumer grades for shell eggs shall be as indicated in Table 1 of this section and shall apply to all consumer grades:
TABLE - 1 WASHINGTON STATE WEIGHT CLASSES FOR
CONSUMER GRADES FOR SHELL EGGS.
Size or Weight Classes | Minimum Net Weight Per Dozen | Minimum Net Weight Per 30 Dozen | Minimum Weight for Individual Eggs at Rate Per Dozen |
| Ounces | Pounds | Ounces |
Jumbo | 30 | 56 | 29 |
Extra large | 27 | 50 1/2 | 26 |
Large | 24 | 45 | 23 |
Medium | 21 | 39 1/2 | 20 |
Small | 18 | 34 | 17 |
Peewee or pullet | 15 | 28 | — |
(2) Minimum weights listed for individual eggs at the rate per dozen are permitted in the various weight classes only to the extent that they will not reduce the net weight per dozen below the required minimum.
(3) A lot average tolerance of 3.3 percent for individual eggs in the next lower weight class is permitted as long as no individual case within the lot exceeds 5 percent.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
69.25 RCW. WSR 87-16-075 (Order 1945), § 16-104-220, filed 8/4/87.]