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Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2007 (repealed)Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2007 of 23 May 2007 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1028/2006 on marketing standards for eggs (repealed)

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Article 2Quality characteristics of eggs

1.Class A eggs shall have the following quality characteristics:

(a)shell and cuticle: normal shape, clean and undamaged;

(b)air space: height not exceeding 6 mm, stationary; however, for eggs to be marketed as ‘extra’ it may not exceed 4 mm;

(c)yolk: visible on candling as a shadow only, without clearly discernible outline, slightly mobile upon turning the egg, and returning to a central position;

(d)white: clear translucent;

(e)germ: imperceptible development;

(f)foreign matter: not permissible;

(g)foreign smell: not permissible.

2.Class A eggs shall not be washed or cleaned, before or after grading, except as provided for in Article 3.

3.Class A eggs shall not be treated for preservation or chilled in premises or plants where the temperature is artificially maintained at less than 5 °C. However, eggs which have been kept at a temperature below 5 °C during transport for not more than 24 hours or on retail premises or in annexes thereto for not more than 72 hours shall not be considered as chilled.

4.Class B eggs shall be eggs which do not meet the quality characteristics provided for in paragraph 1. Class A eggs which no longer have those characteristics may be downgraded to Class B.

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