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2. EGG PACKING CENTRES
A premises used to grade eggs is termed a "Packing Centre". There is no minimum throughput qualification for registration of a packing centre. If your business is covered by the Regulations you are required to apply to register your premises by contacting The Scottish Government's Egg Marketing Inspectorate. Contact details are given at Appendix C. You may also be required to apply to be approved as a food business by your local authority before trading can commence.
2.1 Activities of Egg Packing Centres
Eggs should be Graded, Marked, Packed and Labelled within 10 days of lay.
Containers of ungraded eggs received at a packing centre must bear the following labelling information:
- name, address and distinguishing number of the production site
- number or weight of eggs
- laying date or period
- date of dispatch
Packing centres must grade, mark and pack eggs within 10 days of the date of lay. If eggs are to be delivered to a second packing centre they must be Graded, Marked, Packed and Labelled Class A before leaving the first packing centre.
2.2 Requirements for approval
To qualify for registration, your premises must have:
- suitable candling equipment continuously staffed and allowing the quality of each egg to be examined separately;
- a device for measuring the air cell;
- a machine for grading the eggs by weight;
- one or more approved balances for weighing eggs;
- equipment for marking eggs with a producer code.
Provided your equipment is of the required standard, authorisation will be granted for packing centres and a registered number will be allocated. However, it should be noted that premises must be separately approved as food businesses by their local authority before trading can commence. We inform local authorities on receipt of packing centre applications.
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