The Scottish Government

Forms and Guidance

Explanatory leaflets on various stages of egg production are available, including hatchery and Special Marketing Terms. You should read these leaflets prior to completing any of the EMR (Egg Marketing Regulations) forms:

Explanatory Leaflets

• Egg Marketing Explanatory Leaflet
  This leaflet details the minimum standards of quality and weight grading, marking, packaging, storage, transport and presentation for retail sale of eggs, and measures to ensure they are marketed on a fair and competitive basis.
• Explanatory Leaflet on the Production Methods for Eggs Marketed under Marketing Terms, Cage, Barn, Free Range or Organic
  This leaflet describes the minimum criteria to be met by poultry enterprises marketing "Eggs from caged hens", "Barn eggs", "Free Range eggs" and "Organic eggs".
• Explanatory Leaflet on EU Regulations Covering the Production and Marketing of Hatching Eggs and Chicks This leaflet explains the common standards for marketing and transporting hatching eggs and chicks throughout the Community to enable the European Commission to obtain information about chick placings for forecasts of future supplies of hatching eggs and poultry.

EMR (Egg Marketing Regulations) Application forms

• Application for Authorisation as a Packing Centre - Egg Marketing Explanatory Leaflet must be read before completing this form.
• Application for Registration of an Egg Production Facility - Explanatory Leaflet on the Production methods for eggs marketed under the Marketing Terms, Cage, Barn, Free Range or Organic should be read before completing this form.
• Application for Registration of a Hatchery/Breeding/Multiplying Establishment - Explanatory Leaflet on EU Regulations Covering the Production and Marketing of Hatching Eggs and Chicks" should be read before completing this form.

Operational Guidance

• VMD Sampling operational guidance - Staff operational guidance on the Veterinary Residues Directorate (VMD) sampling and procedures national surveillance

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