The Egg Products Regulations 1993

Preparation requirements for egg products

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4) below, no person shall sell for human consumption, or use in the preparation of food intended for sale for human consumption, any egg products which are a mixture of egg products obtained from more than one species.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) and (4) below, no person shall sell for human consumption, or use in the preparation of food intended for sale for human consumption, any egg products unless those egg products comply with the requirements specified in Schedule 1 as read with Schedules 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) above, any egg products which have been prepared in another Member State shall not have to comply with the requirements in Part II of Schedule 2.

(4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) above, egg products—

(a) obtained from eggs of ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, quail or graded A under Council Regulation 1907/90/EEC(1) as amended(2), or

(b) obtained from eggs containing no crack visible to the naked eye without candling and made into egg products at the farm where those eggs were produced,

may be used in the preparation of food intended for sale for human consumption if—

(i) they are so used at the establishment where they were obtained, whether or not the food is consumed at that establishment, and

(ii) they comply with the requirements of paragraphs 1, 2(a), 3 and 4 of Schedule 1.

(5) No person shall on or after 14th October 1993 sell for human consumption, or use in the preparation of food intended for sale for human consumption, any egg products unless—

(a) in the case of egg products prepared in Great Britain, they were prepared in an approved establishment in accordance with regulation 5; or

(b) in the case of egg products from another part of the Economic Community, they were prepared in an establishment which has been approved in accordance with Article 6 of Council Directive 89/437/EEC(3) as amended(4) on hygiene and health problems affecting the production and placing on the market of egg products.

(1)

OJ No.L173, 6.7.90, p.5.

(2)

Commission Regulation 1274/91/EEC (OJ No.L121, 16.5.91, p.11), Commission Regulation 3540/91/EEC (OJ No.L335, 6.12.91, p.12) and Commission Regulation 2221/92/EEC (OJ No.L218, 1.8.92, p.81).

(3)

OJ No.L212, 22.7.89, p.87.

(4)

Council Directive 89/662/EEC (OJ No.L395, 30.12.89, p.13) and Council Directive 91/684/EEC (OJ No.L376, 31.12.91, p.38).