Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety
Chapter ATCP 88 - Egg Grading, Handling And Labeling
Subchapter II - Egg Facilities
Section ATCP 88.08 - Egg handling rooms
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง ATCP 88.08
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) EGG WASHING AND EGG GRADING ROOMS.
(a) Egg washing and grading rooms shall be
kept clean during washing, candling, grading, and packaging operations and
shall be thoroughly cleaned at the end of each day's operations.
(b) Areas in which manual candling is done
shall be dark enough to permit accurate determinations of egg
quality.
(2) EGG STORAGE ROOMS.
(a) Egg storage areas shall be capable
of maintaining eggs at ambient temperatures required under s.
ATCP 88.18,
regardless of reasonably foreseeable external temperatures.
(b) Every egg storage area shall be equipped
with one or more accurate temperature measuring devices to monitor compliance
with temperature standards under s.
ATCP 88.18.
The ambient temperature shall be monitored in one or more representative
locations of the egg storage facility.
(c) An egg storage area shall be kept clean
at all times. Storage areas, equipment and utensils, and stored eggs shall be
arranged so that all parts of the egg storage area can be effectively cleaned
and inspected.
(d) Eggs shall be
stored such that the packaged eggs are protected from moisture, dust, and other
contamination, and such that cleaning of the storage area, including the floor,
is not impeded.
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