Rolnictwo i żywność · 24/04/1995

Voluntary and Mandatory Egg and Egg Products Inspection

A review of the regulations implementing the voluntary and mandatory egg and egg products inspection programs authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, and the Egg Products Inspection Act identified a number of changes which are proposed to clarify and update the subject regulations. The proposed revisions redefine dirty eggs; define nest-run eggs, washed ungraded eggs, egg products split samples, and recognized laboratories; and clarify the type of facilities and equipment to be supplied to the grader/ inspector, scheduling operations, officially identifying products, appeal procedures, equipment requirements, sanitizing shell eggs prior to breaking, and general operating procedures. The revisions would also provide for less than quarterly visits to hatcheries and update the types of nonallowed discrimination in providing service.