China Will Make a Public Appearance of National Egg Standard

China¡¯s first national egg standard will make a public appearance. In the new pollution-free egg national standard, there is a maximum limitation standard for toxic and hazard materials, especially it stipulates that eggs should not check out chloramphenicol, furazolidone and salmonella that are hazard to human health. Journalist learned from the national standard approval conference of ¡°Agricultural Product Safety and Quality: Safety Requirement for Pollution-Free Egg¡± and ¡°Agricultural Product Safety and Quality: Producing Area and Environment Requirement for Pollution-Free Egg¡± that the first issue of national standard of egg is estimated to make its public appearance recently after its approval, By then, chicken producing enterprises will be compulsory to implement this standard. In addition, according to introduction by relevant person, the main body of commercial chicken egg production is still small-size rural farmers. The control of infectious disease is very difficult and misuse of drugs and violation of drug administration is very serious. And eggs are inevitable to have drug residue problems. In addition, salmonella and other pathogenic bacteria pollution problem exist in eggs. This has very significant effect on the hygiene and quality of eggs and has great effect on the export of eggs from China.


Source: Shandong Journal of Poultry Science, No. 10, 2003. p. 55