266 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



1. The egg in the shell must be of good quality. 



2. The eggs must be frozen as soon as possible after 

 removal from the shell. 



3 The egg breaking establishment must be conducted 

 with strict regard to sanitation and cleanliness. 



The rules and regulations contained herein supplement the 

 provisions of the Sanitary Law. 



While ample lee-way is allowed each establishment in the ex- 

 ercise of individuality, it is felt that certain features of construc- 

 tion and operation are fundamental and should be standardized. 

 It should be understood that the requirements are the minima. 

 The Food Department offers its aid and co-operation to any one 

 desiring detailed information on construction and operation tend- 

 ing towards the highest efficiency, but which it is felt could not 

 well be demanded of all egg breaking establishments. 



Regulation i.. .Classes of eggs prohibited : All eggs before 

 entering the breaking room are to be carefully candled. Any and 

 all eggs commonly known as ''black rots," "black spots," "stuck," 

 "mixed" (addled) "blood rings" or any other egg which from its 

 appearance before the candle is certain to possess an odor or vis- 

 ible deterioration when broken out of the shell, are to be rigidly 

 excluded from the breaking room. The eggs listed above are to 

 be denatured as soon as candled out, by breaking the shell of the 

 same and treating the mass with a denaturant. Said denaturant 

 may be carbolic acid, creosote, birch oil or some other approved 

 material. Or such eggs may be disposed of as indicated in 

 paragraph 6, previously given. 



In the breaking room, besides the special classes listed 

 above, there shall be excluded from the product intended for 

 human food : All eggs with a "green" or "cloudy, watery" 

 white, or with any other abnormal physical appearance, and all 

 eggs with a "musty," "sour," "mouldy," "putrid" or any other 

 odor than that of the normal egg. 



Regulation 2. All egg breaking establishments shall con- 

 sist of at least the following distinct and separate rooms : 



