DIVISION OF POULTRY 

 James Sheehan, Supervisor 



ULTRY STANDARDIZATION 



One of our primary responsibilities is to the Massachusetts poultry 

 eeders; 100,741 birds were blood- tested for evidence of Pullorum-Typhoid 

 sease under the National Poultry Improvement Plan, and for the fifth 

 ar, no reactors were found. 



This year Massachusetts poultry breeders exported 1,622,555 baby chicks 

 d 100,599 dozens of hatching eggs. 



I Inspectors were on hand at 26 fairs and/or poultry exhibitions to in- 

 isct birds for clinical symptoms of disease or illness and to determine 

 = compliance of the exhibitors with the Pullorum-Typhoid testing programo 



JLTRY SERVICES 



I Another of our important duties to the general public is the in- 

 jection of eggs on the retail level. In this fiscal year, 6,874 lots 

 : eggs were inspected for proper labeling, and to insure that the product 

 It Massachusetts standards for weight and quality, which must, by 

 iatute, appear on the carton. Violations were found in 71 lots, 

 [presenting approximately 1„03% of the total number of lots inspected. 



Fourteen egg producer/packers and packers were approved to package 

 :gs in cartons displaying the Massachusetts logo, "Massachusetts Produced 

 :d Fresherc" 



There were 116 state i nstitutional inspections and 1073 cases of 

 (gs were examined; 190 cases were rejected as not meeting the bid 

 lecifications of the Commonwealth. 



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' Quarterly surveillance visits were made to egg handlers registered 



the UoSc Department of Agriculture under the Egg Products Inspection 



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This Division also compiles weekly information on egg inventories 

 the state in cooperation with the U.S.D.A. Market News Service in 

 wark , N „ J . 



