Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 of 23 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs
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Industrial eggs shall be marketed in packaging containers with a red band or label.
Those bands and labels shall show:
the name and address of the operator for whom the eggs are intended;
the name and address of the operator who has dispatched the eggs;
the words ‘industrial eggs’ in capital letters 2 cm high, and the words ‘unsuitable for human consumption’ in letters at least 8 mm high.
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