EGG SAFETY & QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

2016 SHELL EGG WORKSHOPS

PROGRAM UPDATES DEFECTS REVIEW

GRADING EXERCISE

REGRADING & LABELINGSAMPLING

REFRIGERATION 72 HOUR APPEAL

EGG SAFETY RULEBIO SECURITY

HANDLER REGISTRATION

EGG SAFETY & QUALITYMANAGEMENT

PROGRAM

EGG SAFETY & QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Animal Health and Food Safety Services MEAT, POULTRY, AND EGG SAFETY BRANCH

Program Updates

SHELL EGG DEFECTSAND TOLERANCES

CHECK

Defined:An egg having a fractured shell,but with its membranes intact andnot leaking.Check Tolerances:Grade AA, A, at Origin, 5%,Jumbo 7%Grade AA, A, at Destination, 7%,Jumbo 9%Grade B, at Origin or Destination10%

LOSS

Frozen

Defined:Any egg classified as “inedible”, also eggs with contents leaking, frozen, cooked, contaminated or which contain bloody whites, large blood/meat spots, or other foreign material.

LEAKER

BLOOD SPOTDefined:These are spots on the surface of theyolk or suspended in the white that ifare larger than 1/8 inch in diameter.May show only slight diffusion into thewhite. Blood/meat spots are classified as a loss.

If less than 1/8 inch in diameter,classed as C quality

Loss Tolerances:Grade AA, A, B at Origin, 0.5%

Grade AA, A, B at Destination, 1% (of this 1%, not over 0.5% loss due to blood or meat spots).

DIRTY

Defined:An egg that is unbroken, with dirt or foreign material adhering to its surface, or has prominent stains, or moderate stains greater than permitted in B quality.

Dirties are classified as a loss.

Loss Tolerances:Grade AA, A, B at Origin, 0.5%

Grade AA, A, B at Destination, 1%

(Manure & EGG YOLK)

DIRTY

Chicken Feathers Chicken Manure

What’s this?

Adhering foreign material

Score as ?Dirty0.5% Origin1.0% Destination

EGG DEFECT

BLOODY WHITE

Defined: An egg with blood diffused through the white. Eggs with blood spots which show only slight diffusion into the white are not classified as bloody whites.Tolerance for Bloody Whites:Grade AA, A, B at Origin, NoneGrade AA, A, B at Destination, None

BLOODY WHITE

INEDIBLESDefined:Any eggs of any of the following descriptions: black rots,yellow rots, white rots, mixed rots, sour eggs, green whites,stuck yolks, moldy eggs, and eggs showing embryodevelopment at blood ring stage or beyond.

Tolerance for Inedibles:Grade AA, A, B at Origin, NoneGrade AA, A, B at Destination, None

Additional Tolerance:No lot shall be rejected due to a single loss or dirty egg.

(One egg rule)

MOLD

Is this egg a dirty?? Moldy eggs are scored as an inedible

MIXED ROTS

Inedible

VARIOUS ROTS

Inedible

STUCK YOLK

Inedible

INEDIBLE AND LOSS SUMMARY

“All inedible egg defects are classified asloss egg defects but not all loss eggdefects are classified as inedible eggdefects”

Tolerances:All inedibles: 0% Some loss egg tolerances, (leaker, dirty, blood or meat spots)0.5% Origin1.0% Destination (of this 1% not over .5% due to blood or meat spots)

Other Loss egg tolerance: 0% (i.e., bloody white, frozen, cooked,) Additional Tolerance:No lot shall be rejected due to a single loss or dirty egg.

UNDERWEIGHT TOLERANCE 4% of the next lower size.

Size or Weight class Ounces GramsJumbo 2 5/12 68.51Extra Large 2 1/6 61.42Large 1 11/12 54.34Medium 1 2/3 47.25Small 1 5/12 40.16Pee Wee No Minimum

SIZE REQUIREMENTS

CLEAN EGG DEFINITIONA “Clean” egg, as defined in the regulations is: A shell that is free from adhering foreign material, visiblestains or discoloration. A shell may be considered clean if ithas only very small specks, stains, or cage marks, providedthey are not of sufficient number or intensity to detract fromthe generally clean appearance of the egg. Eggs showingtraces of processing oil on the shell are considered clean,unless otherwise soiled [~1351.2(a)].

All Grade AA and A eggs must be “Clean”. Grade B eggs are allowed some stains, but no Dirt.

STAINED SHELL EGGSThere are three stain densities to consider in grading eggs:

Slight Moderate Prominent.Slight stains and cage marks are considered Grade B, exceptwhen they apply to the definition of clean.

Slight Stain

Grade B

CAGE MARKS

Grade B

Moderate Stain

Grade B Dirty

Prominent Stains

Dirty

STAINED SHELL EGGS

Moderate stains are acceptable as Grade B if they are limited to a specific dimension on the shell area no longer than 1/16th of the shell surface. A localized moderate stain, confined to1/32nd of the area of the eggsurface is also a Grade B.

Egg CandlingDefinition of “Egg Candling”

The examination of theinterior of eggs by use of atransmitted light.

Small groups per grading station.Each inspector to grade eggs at station and record results.Review results.

Hands On Eggsercise

Marking Requirements

Marking Requirements

Identity – EggsResponsibility - Name, Address, Zip CodeQuantity – 1 dozen, 15, dozen, 30 dozen“Keep Refrigerated” (Safe Handling Instructions)Size and Grade (min. height ¼ inch)

Sell by DateJulian Date (pack date)Plant of Origin code number

All required markings shall be conspicuous and legible

Large- Grade AAKeep Refrigerated

Eggs 1 DozenUncle Dan’s Egg Farm

Half Moon Bay CA 94720

Sell by June 30 or 6-30 151

P1234, CA1234, 06-1234AA XL,

Incorrect…

Grade AA Extra Large,

Correct!!

Marking Requirements

If using a CA Number for the plant of origincode, the full number must be usedincluding “CA” Example: CA-/1234

Is this a CA # or Federal Plant #?

What’s this?

Marking Requirements

Marking Requirements

Marking Requirements

$1.60 per dozen Grade AA Extra Large

Incorrect

Marking RequirementsAnything wrong with these pictures??

Marking Requirements

Marking Requirements

What markings are missing?

Omega 3 content stated in milligrams Julian pack date & sell by dateName and address, “Keep Refrigerated”

Content statement on each sticker place on flats

Marking Requirements

FAC – Section, 27635Requires the species of fowl to be marked on container, Sub-container, sign or placard.

Marking Exemptions

Exempt from size, grade, name and address1. If sold at retail from a properly marked bulk display and packaged in the

presence of the purchaser.2. If packed for shipment or in transit to points outside the state.3. If sold to household consumers without advertising by the producer on the

premise where produced from a flock of 500 hens or less4. If being delivered from outside the state to dealers for candling and grading.5. If being delivered to, or are in possession of, a dealer for candling and

grading, or being delivered, stored or removed from cold storage.6. If packed for sale to military forces of the United States, labeled with one of

the United States Department of Agriculture Grades.

No markings required except “keep Refrigerated”on eggs packaged for interstate commerce or eggs

that are packaged for military sales.

CCR Sec.1352.2.Exempt Eggs-Includes Markings

Eggs are exempt from standards established by these

regulations when being transported:

(1)From a location which does not have proper or adequate facilities for grading or reconditioning to a shell egg grading plant that does.

(2)To first point of grading.

Marking Exemptions

Marking Requirements

At retail, you come across eggsshown in this picture. What action if any,are you going to take and why?

Ask for purchase receipt or invoice of eggs

Obtaining a receipt and/or original container information will help ensure you do not have someone purchasing un-graded or restricted eggs and offering them for sale.

Explain to the retailer that he/she is not an egg handler and can not purchase and re-package eggs and offer them for sale.

Place hold off sale on eggs and visually verify that eggs are destroyed and dumped.

With receipt eggs maybe allowed to be sent back to whereeggs were purchased only to be destroyed there or sent toan official egg products plant.

Write an Noncompliance?Yes, always- record for person in possession.Record for the department to show the violation occurred and the need for continued enforcement.

Marking Requirements

All required markings must be onplacard displayed near eggs.

Is this OK?

“Processed, Re-packed and Re-graded” Definitions. SECTION 1352.4

Processed - Shell eggs that have been cleaned, candled,graded, sized and placed in containers.(a) Processing plants may re-grade previously processed eggs and

use new containers and apply new Julian pack and sell-by dates. The identification number of the processing plant engaged in the re-grading of eggs shall be identified on the containers.

(b) Producers and wholesalers may repack eggs into overwraps, flats or hand sort into new containers. New containers shall be labeled with original Julian pack and sell-by dates, and the original plant identification number.

REGRADING & REPACKAGING

Section 1352.4 (c) Registered egg handlers who also who also act as a retailer shall

only replace damaged or dirty eggs with clean, undamaged eggs from the same lot and original container.NOTE: Authority cited: 407 and 27531, Food and Agriculture Code. Reference: Section 27541, 27631, and 27644, Food and Agriculture Code.

Section 1358.4. Records/Invoices(a) Each egg handler shall maintain business records of egg transactions for three years, subject to audit by the department. The records shall indicate the date, egg quality and quantity, and identity of purchaser and seller. For small quantities of restricted eggs sold by handlers directly to consumers under provisions of Section 1356.2 or incidental sales of consumer graded eggs, the name of purchaser is not required.

REGRADING & REPACKAGING(Continued)

Section 1358.4 (b) An invoice on egg sales shall be furnished to the purchaser, stating

the seller name and address, quantity, size and grade or quality of the eggs. Exempt from this requirement are eggs which are:

(1) Sold or delivered by a producer for candling and grading.(2) Sold at retail.(3) Sold by an egg handler from the handlers own production directly

to a consumer on the premises where produced.

(c) When re-grading eggs, egg handlers shall maintain records of the original plant where the eggs were first processed for not less the one year from the date of original processing.

NOTE: Authority cited Section 407 and 27531, Food and Agriculture Code. Reference: Sections 27631, Food and Agriculture Code.

New RegulationsREGRADING & REPACKAGING(Continued)

REGRADING & REPACKAGING(Continued)

Many egg distributors (wholesalers) and production facilities receive eggs already packaged and then change the packaging of the eggs prior to delivering them to their customers.If this occurs and they are not “re-processed”, then original information shall apply to the eggs.

Still considered “re-packed”, even if hand sorting or pulling out visually damaged or dirty eggs.

Production facilities that had a lot of eggs rejected and decided to “re-process” the lot, may assign new Julian pack date and sell by date.If out of state eggs were purchased and the eggs were “re- processed” prior to being repackaged, those eggs may be assigned a new Julian pack date, sell by date and shall be assigned a new plant of origin number.

The original plant number is tobe used in conjunction with

new plant number?YES

Sampling Eggs

1 case 100 eggsmore than 1 to 10 cases 100 eggs from each of 2 casesmore than 10 to 25 cases 100 eggs from each of 3 casesmore than 25 to 50 cases 100 eggs from each of 4 casesmore than 50 to 100 cases 100 eggs from each of 5 casesmore than 100 to 200 cases 100 eggs from each of 8 casesmore than 200 to 300 cases 100 eggs from each of 11 casesmore than 300 to 400 cases 100 eggs from each of 13 casesmore than 400 to 500 cases 100 eggs from each of 14 casesmore than 500 to 600 cases 100 eggs from each of 16 cases

For each additional 50 cases or fraction thereof in excess of 600 cases, one additional case shall be included in the sample.

What is a case of eggs Full Cases = 30 DozenMost containers are ½ cases

What is a “lot” of eggs ?The regulations define a lot ofeggs as “Any number ofcontainers labeled with onesize, grade, brand, and codeand in one location.”

Initial Sampling?Half of the official sample

Official Sample Chart

When a lot consists of less than 50 eggs, all the eggs shall be examined. For a lot less than 1 case, but more than 50 eggs a minimum of 50 eggs shall be examined.

One over egg rule can be used on the initial or the official sample

Bio SecurityObserve and comply

with Bio SecurityGuidelines at all

production facilities

Make sure you know each facilities policy

regardingBio Security.

24 hours, 48 hours, etc.Wear appropriate Bio Security attire.

Shoe covers, smock,hair net.

Refer ESQM Manual for additional Bio Security guidelines

• Check the Ambient Air Temperature• Production and Wholesale Facilities• Each room averaged individually• Acclimate the thermometer at least 10 minutes prior to use

• Take 5 readings per room

• Take readings away from doorways, pallets and the airflow

• Temperatures should be taken 4-5 feet off the ground

• Add the readings and divide by 5, the total temperature

• Must be 45° or less

• Accurate recording thermometer devices may be used to determine compliance

• The thermometer must have a gradation of 1° F or ½ ° C

• A tolerance of 1° C or 2° F shall be allowed

• No Infrared Thermometers

• No Temperatures at retail

Refrigeration Requirements

Refrigeration – Transport Vehicles

Recording DeviceAccurate recordingthermometer devices may be used to determinecomplianceMust read 45º or lessNo Recording DeviceAcclimate thermometerTwo readings must be takenIf the refrigeration unit isaccessible, take one on the leftand one on the right in theairflow dischargeAverage must be 45º or less

Refrigeration Compliance

Shall be brought into compliance within 24 hrs. from the time of rejection.If compliance is not possible within 24 hrs.,eggs shall be placed in another facility orvehicle which complies with temperaturerequirements.

Shall be brought into compliance within 4 hrs. from the time of rejectionIf compliance is not possible within 4 hrs., eggs shall be placed in another facility or vehicle which complies with temperature requirements

Wholesale/Production

Transport Vehicles

Shell Egg Handler Registration Requirements

Any person engaged in California as an egg producer or egg handler.Any out of state egg handler or egg producer selling eggs into California.

Who should register with CDFA, Egg Safety & Quality Management?

How about an egg broker selling eggs on behalf of

someone else in California?

The Food and Agricultural Code only allows a registration exemption for a retailer who does not handle eggs in any other capacity, except as a retailer.

YES

Shell Egg Handler Registration Information

The egg handler registration form may be obtained by visiting the ESQM website:http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/mpes/esqm.html

Unregistered egg handlers are usually

found at:Certified Farmers Markets,

swap meets and small producers selling from

premises.

The certificate of registration is non-transferable. Once the application is process, the applicant will be issued an egg handler registration number.

Anyone doing business in California as an egg handler must have a

CALIFORNIA REGISTRATION NUMBER

Questions/DiscussionPaperwork Questions

Program Supervisor – Tony Herrera (916) 900-5062 e-mail therrera@cdfa.ca.gov

Northern District Supervisor – Jenna Celigija (916) 216-8621 e-mail jceligija@cdfa.ca.gov

Central District Supervisor – John Ramos (661) 670-0372 e-mail jramos@cdfa.ca.gov

Southern District Supervisor – Bill Rohner(619) 481-0247 e-mail wrohner@cdfa.ca.gov

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