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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 4.2.5 – Primary Production and Processing Standard for Eggs and Egg Product
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1 Application
This Standard does not apply to retail sale or catering activities other than the direct sale of eggs to the public by an egg producer.
2 Interpretation
(1) Unless the contrary intention appears, and subject to Standard 4.1.1, the definitions in Chapter 3 of this Code apply in this Standard.
(2) In this Standard –
cracked egg means an egg which has a cracked shell which is visible, or visible by candling or other equivalent methods, and includes a broken egg.
dirty egg means an egg that has visible faeces, soil or other matter on it.
egg means an egg from any avian (bird) species, except ratites.
egg producer means a business, enterprise or activity that involves the production of eggs, whether or not the business grades, packs, washes, candles or assesses for cracks, oils, pulps for supply to the processor for pasteurisation or stores or transports eggs or egg pulp.
egg processor means a business, enterprise or activity that involves –
(a) pulping, separating, grading, packing, washing, candling, assessing for cracks or oiling eggs received from an egg producer; or
(b) storing or transporting eggs in association with any of the activities in paragraph (a); or
(c) processing egg product under clause 21 of this Standard.
egg pulp means the contents of an egg, which may contain sugar or salt.
food safety management statement means a statement, which at a minimum, has been approved or recognised by the relevant authority and subjected to ongoing verification activities by an egg producer or egg processor and the relevant authority.
Note: Editorial note:
Note: ‘Authority’ is defined in Standard 4.1.1.
liquid egg white means the white of egg separated as effectively as practicable from the yolk in liquid form.
liquid egg yolk means the yolk of egg separated as effectively as practicable from the white in liquid form.
premises means an egg production premises or a processing premises.
unacceptable refers to unacceptable eggs.
unacceptable egg means –
(a) a cracked egg or a dirty egg; or
(b) egg product which has not been processed in accordance with clause 21; or
(c) egg product which contains a pathogenic micro-organism, whether or not the egg product has been processed in accordance with clause 21.
Note: Editorial note:
Note: Standard 1.1.2 defines ‘egg product’ as the contents of an egg in any form including egg pulp, dried egg, liquid egg white and liquid egg yolk.