Can I sell eggs in Oklahoma?

Do I need a license to sell eggs in Oklahoma?

Not to sell on your farm. Oklahoma's egg law says "Oklahoma producers of eggs selling ungraded eggs from their own flock production are exempt from this subarticle," and that nothing in it prohibits "the sale of eggs produced on the farm and sold direct to the consumer." The eggs come from hens kept on the farm they are sold from. The Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry's guide agrees for sales from your farm: no credentials and no cost.

Off the farm, the sources don't agree yet. The same guide, dated April 2024, says a farmers market seller needs an Oklahoma Egg Packer license and that an on-farm seller gets "no delivery." Senate Bill 2110, signed May 12, 2026 and effective November 1, 2026, rewrites the exemption to cover sales "on the farm, at a farmers market, or otherwise off the farm direct to the consumer." No department page reflects that change yet. Ask the department before you sell off the farm.

Grading or packing eggs for sale takes an egg packer license, $35 a year per location. A small packer, under 5,000 dozen a year, also prepays a $15 inspection fee. Selling eggs wholesale takes a $35 egg dealer license.

Source: 2 O.S. § 10-78, ODAFF, Bringing Farm to Market (2024), SB 2110 (2026), 2 O.S. § 10-81 and OAC 35:37-1-6.

How many eggs can I sell without a license in Oklahoma?

Until October 31, 2026, the statute sets no dozen or hen limit on the own-flock exemption. From November 1, 2026, a producer keeps it only while selling "no more than one hundred fifty (150) dozen eggs per month." That is a monthly line, not a weekly one. The sources don't say what an exempt seller does past 150 dozen, beyond the packer license that anyone grading or packing needs.

Federal egg-safety rules start at 3,000 laying hens, for a farm that does not sell all its eggs straight to consumers.

Source: 2 O.S. § 10-78 (until October 31, 2026), 2 O.S. § 10-78 (from November 1, 2026), § 10-81 and 21 CFR 118.1.

Can I sell eggs at a farmers market in Oklahoma?

The department's published answer is yes, with an egg packer license: $35 plus the $15 inspection fee under 5,000 dozen, credentials on display, and eggs stored and labeled properly. From November 1, 2026, the statute says the own-flock exemption covers sales "at a farmers market," up to 150 dozen a month. Until the department updates its guide, ask it which it expects.

The state health department's farmers market guidelines say market eggs are graded and labeled under the department's rules, held at 45°F, and not sold past 45 days. They were written before Senate Bill 2110, and they don't say what an ungraded, exempt seller needs after November 1. Ask the health department's Consumer Protection service or your county health department.

Source: ODAFF, Bringing Farm to Market (2024), 2 O.S. § 10-78 (from November 1, 2026) and Oklahoma State Department of Health, Farmers Markets Guidelines.

Can I sell eggs to a restaurant, a store or someone who resells them in Oklahoma?

A store needs graded eggs from a licensed seller. The law makes it a violation to do business as a packer, retailer or dealer of eggs without a license, and a packer or dealer may not sell to a retailer without an Oklahoma license. The department's information sheet says eggs sold by or to retail stores are candled and graded, no lower than Grade B.

Restaurants are unclear. The egg law's definition of a consumer includes restaurants, so the exemption's "direct to the consumer" could reach one. The health department's food rules say a restaurant's food comes from sources that comply with them, and its eggs are within Grade B tolerances. No source says whether a restaurant may buy an exempt producer's ungraded eggs. Ask the department and the health department. Selling for resale is beyond what this directory is built for.

Source: 2 O.S. § 10-77, ODAFF Egg Information Sheet, 2 O.S. § 10-71 and OAC 310:257.

Do I need to grade or label my eggs in Oklahoma?

A licensed seller's carton shows the pack date, the size and grade, the packer's name and address or a permit or plant number, an expiration date after "EXP", "sell by" or "use through", and "Keep refrigerated at or below 45 degrees Fahrenheit." The egg law bars using a retail egg container more than once. Those rules sit in the part of the law own-flock ungraded sellers are exempt from, and no source says which of them the department applies to an exempt seller. Ask the department before you reuse a carton.

Don't put a grade or a size on ungraded eggs. Oklahoma makes it a felony to sell a farm product with a word like "A", "Large" or "Size A" that suggests official grading, unless it has been officially graded or sized.

Federal rules put the "Safe Handling Instructions" statement on every carton of shell eggs, in a box, on the top, a side panel, or inside the lid. If it is inside the lid, "Keep Refrigerated" goes on the outside.

Source: 2 O.S. § 10-77, § 10-72, § 10-73, 2 O.S. § 11-2 and 21 CFR 101.17(h).

Do eggs have to be refrigerated to sell in Oklahoma, and at what temperature?

The egg law keeps eggs "at the retail level" at 45°F or colder and never frozen, and eggs intended for sale to the consumer are stored and transported at 45°F or colder. That section is in the part of the law the own-flock exemption lifts, and no source says whether the department holds an exempt seller to it. At a farmers market the health department's guidelines say 45°F. Ask the department what it expects at your farm.

Federal rules hold shell eggs at a retail establishment at 45°F or colder. A retail establishment is a place that provides food directly to consumers.

Source: 2 O.S. § 10-73, § 10-78, Farmers Markets Guidelines and 21 CFR 115.50.

Can I sell duck, quail or other eggs in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma's egg law is about chicken eggs: "eggs" means raw eggs in the shell "that are the product of the domesticated chicken." So its licenses, grading rules and the 150-dozen line don't reach duck or quail eggs. The health department's food rules define an egg as any bird's, for restaurants and stores. No source says what rule governs selling duck or quail eggs direct to consumers. Ask the department.

Source: 2 O.S. § 10-71 and OAC 310:257.

Do I have to wash or candle eggs to sell them in Oklahoma?

The statute and rules set no washing or candling rule for an own-flock seller of ungraded eggs, who is exempt from the egg law's grading part. A licensed packer grades to USDA standards. The department's information sheet says eggs offered for sale in Oklahoma are candled and graded to USDA standards, and that cracked and dirty eggs go only to a USDA egg processing plant. The same sheet says nothing in the egg law prohibits selling eggs produced and sold on the farm. No source says which of those rules reach an exempt seller. Ask the department.

Source: 2 O.S. § 10-78, § 10-75 and ODAFF Egg Information Sheet.