Selling to the pub is a slightly grey area but I think according to this document, I'm OK:
https://www.gov.uk/eggs-trade-regulationsI'm defra registered because I have over 50 birds (as of last Thursday!) but not for egg selling. According to this paragraph:
'You must also register with EMI as a producer if:
•you have 50 or more hens and any of your eggs are marketed at a local public market
•any of your eggs are marketed to registered packing centres
Note too that if you sell eggs to shops, restaurants or bakeries, you will need to be approved and authorised as a packing centre by EMI in order to be permitted to grade them as Class A eggs.'
I don't sell at a local market nor to registered packing centres so from that perspective I don't have to register. I do sell to a 'restaurant' but I don't grade them as Class A eggs - just as boxes of random duck eggs! On their menu they just appear as duck eggs with no other claims - no free range, rare breed etc. So I think it's OK.
One of the smallholding magazines had a feature a few months ago on the campaign for real eggs (like real ale) with a step by step of what you needed to do to comply with retail legislation. I remember thinking at the time it sounded relatively straight forward but had no need of it then and would come back to it. I've just googled and can't find it (all about real Easter Eggs!) but I'll try and dig it out. I think the gist was just that you had to register with EMI and then stamp the eggs accordingly.