American Egg Product Standard

Because of some reason that limited by the rule of chicken egg product standard that may need to fulfill the standard egg protein contain and so on, a state hearing officer said the Ohio Department of Agriculture should reject a proposed egg mega farm in Union County because local officials don't support it.

The decision, released yesterday, was a setback for Hi-Q Egg Products. The Iowa-based company had objected to former Agriculture Department Director Robert Boggs' decision to withhold a permit needed to build the farm that would contain 6 million chickens. This decision can make the egg price fall down, especially in other place.

The ball is now in the new agriculture director's court. The egg product standard is regulate by UNECE STANDARD EGG-2 for Egg Product that released on 2010 edition by United Nation of New York and Geneva, 2010.

Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards
The commercial quality standards developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards help facilitate international trade, encourage high-quality production, improve profitability and protect consumer interests.

UNECE standards are used by Governments, producers, traders, importers and exporters, and
other international organizations. They cover a wide range of agricultural products, including
fresh fruit and vegetables, dry and dried produce, seed potatoes, meat, cut flowers, eggs and egg products.

Any member of the United Nations can participate, on an equal footing, in the activities of the Working Party. For more information on agricultural standards, the detail of this rule will discuss more detail later.

The present revised Standard for Egg Products is based on document
ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2009/15, reviewed and adopted by the Working Party at its sixty-sixth session.