Eggs are natural and delicate products. In the shell egg business where eggs with minor defects such as cracks have a negative impact on your profit, it is vital to treat eggs as careful throughout the entire process as possible. There is however not one single “magic trick” to maximize the number of eggs that ultimately end up in the consumer pack. Maximizing profits is the combination of multiple steps in the process.

Everywhere when eggs are handled, some eggs will be damaged in the process. This starts at the chicken houses, is continued in the transport process and ends ultimately when eggs arrive at the consumer. In many countries there is legislation on the maximum allowed number of cracks in consumer eggs, but also supermarkets and branch organizations may have their own quality standards. As the price difference between a consumer egg and a so called “offgrade” (egg with some kind of defect such as crack, dirt or blood) is significant, in the egg business it is all about getting the highest possible percentage of your eggs to the consumer.

Want to find out more about increasing your egg profit, food safety and graded and packed eggs, please visit Moba at VIV India at booth # D020.

 

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