Egg quality - Food quality of eggs

4 important questions on Egg quality - Food quality of eggs

How is food poisoning caused?

40% of food poisoning is caused by eggs/egg products
  • due to wrong handling or washing
  • 75% of cases due to bad preparation of eggs (raw)
  • via dirty equipment

What measures could be taken to decrease egg hazards?

  • Measures should be taken at private, regional, national and international level
  • food safety programs for risk assessment, communication and reduction of the problem
    • consumer education programs
    • GMP (good manifacturing practices)
    • HACCP (Hazzard analysis and critical control points)
    • BRC (binding corporate rules)
    • monitoring programs

Government monitoring: what is integral chain management? IKB-eggs

IKB-eggs = intergrale keten bewaking
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What does NVWA monitoring entail?

NVWA = Nederlandse voedsel en waren authoriteiten
  • they check 1 to 2 times per year for salmonella
  • sampling types:
    • manure
    • cloaca
    • blood
    • feathers
  • they check for Campylobacter (bacteria) at rearing farms and patent stock hatcheries

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