5. RECORDS
Detailed records should be maintained by packers, producers, collectors, and approved food industry undertakings. Additional records are also required where eggs are marketed with a description of how laying hens are fed.
5.1 Producers
Separate Records for each production type by house showing:
- the date of placing, age at placing and number of laying hens;
- the date of culling and the number of hens culled;
- daily egg production;
- number or weight of eggs delivered per day;
- number and weight of eggs sold from the farm-gate;
- names and addresses of purchasers and the establishment number;
In addition for eggs marketed under a feed description the following should be recorded:
- quantity and type of feed supplied and/or mixed on site;
- date of delivery;
- the name of the manufacturer or supplier.
Records must be kept on farm for at least twelve months after the flock has been disposed of and are subject to unannounced inspection.
5.2 Packers
Separate records must be kept for each production description ( e.g. Free Range) or feed description ( e.g. produced by hens fed on cereals) detailing:
Records to be kept where applicable
- the quantities of ungraded eggs they receive, broken down by producer, giving the name, address and producer code and the laying date or period;
- after the eggs are graded, the quantities by quality and weight grade;
- the quantities of graded eggs received coming from other packing centres, including the code of those packing centres and the date of minimum durability;
- the quantities of ungraded eggs delivered to other packing centres, broken down by producer, including the code of those packing centres and the laying date or period;
- the number and/or weight of eggs delivered, by quality and weight grade and by purchaser, with the name and address of the latter, including packing date in the case of Class B eggs or the date of minimum durability in the case of Class A eggs;
- packing centres shall update their physical stock records each week;
- records and files referred to above shall be kept for at least twelve months from the date of their creation;
- where Class A eggs and their packs bear an indication of how laying hens are fed, packing centres using such indications shall keep separate records in accordance with the above.
Records must be kept by the packer for at least 12 months.
5.3 Egg Collectors
Collectors, who by definition transport ungraded eggs from registered egg producers to registered egg packing centres, food industry or non-food industry, must be registered as a food business with their local authority.
Records to be kept
- the quantity of eggs collected, broken down by producer, giving the name, address and producer code, and the laying date or period;
- the quantity of eggs delivered to the relevant packing centres, broken down by producer, giving the name, address, packing centre code and the laying date or period.