FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION 267 



A candling room. 



A breaking room. 



A washing and sterilizing room. 



A freezing room. 



The candling room must be separated from the breaking 

 room, but may adjoin the latter, if provided with a tightly fitting 

 door or similar opening. The floor should be of water proof 

 construction, with a suitable drain. There shall be provided 

 ample receptacles to hold all rejected eggs as indicated by Regu- 

 lation I . 



For ''leakers" there shall be provided approved metal trays. 

 It is recommended that all other candled eggs be placed in metal 

 pails or boxes, before sending them to the breaking room. 



All eggs must be candled with care, using a single and dou- 

 ble orifice candle. Every precaution must be taken to keep 

 those eggs classed as unfit for human food out of the breaking 

 room. 



The breaking room shall have walls and ceiling of a white 

 enamel, tile, paint or other waterproof covering, The floor must 

 be impervious to water and supplied with drains. The intersec- 

 tion of the walls and floor should be finished in the so-called 

 sanitary or cove finish. Every effort should be made to supply 

 this room with the greatest amount of daylight. All windows 

 and other exterior openings must be adequately covered to keep 

 out flies, dust and dirt. 



Tables must be made of metal, porcelain or other impervious 

 material, or covered with a similar material. All eggs must be 

 broken on detachable metal knives and the contents of the shell 

 emptied into a glass, metal or other approved cup. A careful 

 examination for appearance and odor shall be made of these 

 eggs by competent people. If satisfactory, the eggs may be 

 placed in the receptacle intended for good eggs. If any of the 

 eggs in the cup are not of the classes permitted for human food, 

 the cup and contents and knives shall be removed to the washing 

 room' and properly sterilized apparatus shall be substituted. Be- 

 fore receiving the clean equipment, the tgg breaker shall wash 



