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Sökord Publikationsseriens namn och nummer Publikationens tema Publikationen säljs Förläggare Tryckeri och tryckningstid Kananmunien merkitseminen ja pakkausmerkinnät Hönsägg, förpackningspåskrifter, stämpling, livsmedelstillsyn Evira Publikationer 16/2007 ISSN 1796-4369 ISBN (pdf) 952-5662-73-X Antal sidor 53 Språk Finska Konfidentialitet Offentlig handling Livsmedelssäkerhetsverket Evira, www.evira.fi EVIRA Publikationens ombrytning Teija Pesonen, Evira
Kananmunien merkitseminen ja pakkausmerkinnät Description Publisher Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira Authors Title Marking of eggs and packs Abstract Ali-Yrkkö Sirpa, Jalava Anne, Laihonen Mari and Lehdonkivi Taina In the recent years, the EU has introduced several regulations that stipulate requirements and amendments concerning egg producers, grading and marking of eggs as well as marking of egg cartons. Since the beginning of June 2003, eggs intended for human consumption can only have been produced for sale and placing on the market in production plants recorded in the poultry farm register maintained by the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (TIKE). Producers are given a producer code upon registration. Since the beginning of 2004, the producer code is in all EU member states required on grade A eggs sold to consumers as well as on eggs marketed to institutional kitchens and bakeries. The code indicates the production system, the country of origin and the producer number. The purpose of producer registers and egg stamping is to improve traceability in e.g. animal disease epidemics. The code printed on the egg also shows the origin of the eggs purchased by the consumer. The 2004 control programme of the National Food Agency included a national project to investigate how the marking or stamping of eggs has been implemented in various parts of the country. The markings of egg packs was also inspected. Control authorities of municipals and federations of municipals carried out the inspections included in the project. A total of 110 municipalities/federations of municipalities from five provinces took part in the project. During the project 58 egg packing centres were visited to inspect eggs and cartons, and 430 control visits were made to retail stores. All in all, 1333 egg stamps and cartons were inspected in stores and packing centres. More than 90% of the eggs inspected in both packing centres and retail stores had been stamped. The result was the same also in a province-specific analysis. The legibility and the correctness of the stamps were also inspected. As far as eggs inspected in packing centres were concerned, the best stamps were found on organically produced eggs, while in retail stores barn eggs showed the best stamps. The regulatory conformity of marking was inspected separately for each production system and province, in both retail stores and packing centres. Most in need of improvement was the key that explains the production system and the producer code stamped on the egg, and these being missing from the packs. The reason for several non-conforming pack markings was that at the time the inspections were made the operators were still using their stock of old packing materials, which could be used until they ran out. The results of the project have been utilised in control visits made to egg packing centres to correct any errors found in the operation of the centre in question. Control visits have also been focused on packing centres with the most deficiencies in their products.
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