Voluntary Shell Egg Grading Regulations-Facilities and Equipment

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the regulations governing the voluntary shell egg grading program. The revisions will add definitions that describe the official identification and packaging of shell eggs; provide that grading services may be requested or reported by electronic means; clarify the number of samples required for an appeal grading when the original samples are not available; require that plants provide two candling lights in an acceptable candling booth for grade determination; provide an additional method for lot identifying shell eggs; and clarify and update the facility and operating requirements of plants utilizing the voluntary grading service.