The Fruit and Vegetable Quality
Control Program is responsible for assuring that fruits, nuts,
and vegetables entering the marketplace meet the minimum marking,
container and quality standards set by the California Department
of Food and Agriculture. The main crops tested in Madera County
are apples, grapes, and pomegranates. This testing ensures that
products of unacceptable maturity are not entering the marketplace.
The Egg Quality Control Program provides for the enforcement
of regulations pertaining to quality, weight and marking requirements
for shell eggs. Eggs are inspected throughout the County at various
retail and wholesale establishments, or when there is reasonable
cause to believe there is a violation of any law or regulation,
and upon receiving a consumer complaint. Eggs are inspected with
a candling device and 
egg
scale, which enable the inspector to determine the condition
of the eggshell and the quality of its contents.
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