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Who gets inspected

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)听egg marketing inspectors (EMIs)听颈苍蝉辫别肠迟:听

• registered egg production sites聽
• 辫补肠办颈苍驳听肠别苍迟谤别蝉听
• 飞丑辞濒别蝉补濒别谤蝉听
• 丑补迟肠丑别谤颈别蝉听
• boiling plants聽
• auction markets聽
• egg collectors聽

EMIs can also inspect聽retailers and caterers (at聽discretion).

You can read APHA鈥檚 framework for training and inspecting EMIs.

What gets inspected

APHA will聽check聽that聽you鈥檙e聽meeting the聽legal requirements for聽production, marking, transport, grading packing and marketing聽eggs.听听

They will聽inspect:聽

• eggs聽you have聽quality聽graded聽as Class A聽
• eggs聽you have聽weight聽graded聽
• marking of eggs聽
• labelling of eggs聽
• egg聽production sites聽
• 谤别肠辞谤诲蝉听

APHA checks your records for:聽

• 厂补濒尘辞苍别濒濒补听狈补迟颈辞苍补濒听颁辞苍迟谤辞濒听笔谤辞驳谤补尘尘别听
• stocking density of egg production聽
• flock mortality聽
• welfare-related information聽
• 蹿补谤尘听丑测驳颈别苍别听
• egg production聽(at egg production sites)听
• grading and packing聽(at egg packing聽centres)听
• sales records

Time and length

How often聽APHA inspects your聽site聽depends on聽a number of聽factors,聽including:聽

• results of聽previous聽checks聽
• complexity of聽your聽marketing channels聽
• degree of segmentation in聽your聽production or packing聽site聽
• quantity聽of eggs聽you produce or pack聽
• any聽substantial changes聽you have made聽since聽previous聽inspections聽

APHA also completes聽random checks.听听

Routine inspections can take place聽between once聽every 21 days to once every 5 years.聽

Inspections聽usually聽take between聽1.5 hours to 1 day (occasionally longer).聽

All inspections are unannounced.

What happens聽if you聽have a non-compliance聽

At egg 辫补肠办颈苍驳听肠别苍迟谤别蝉听

滨蹿听APHA finds聽any聽non-compliances,聽they will issue contravention notices, compliance notices, or advice and guidance.聽You will need to correct the issues聽identified.聽

APHA will carry out follow-up inspections to聽check聽you are now聽complying. These will be in addition to routine inspections.听听

If you continue to fail inspections, they will:聽

• issue warning letters聽
• bring in a government technical advisor (GTA)听
• escalate to senior management聽
• consider enforcement聽

APHA may also refer you to Defra鈥檚 Counter Fraud and Investigation (CFI)听service聽for further action聽if you:聽

• do not address issues聽
• breach a compliance notice聽APHA 丑补蝉听颈蝉蝉耻别诲听

EMIs may share factual results with egg holders.聽

APHA may issue stop聽notices (EMI49) and聽direction聽notices when batches fail but cannot be immediately downgraded.聽Alternatively,聽they may be used to preserve evidence for further inspection.聽

At egg producer inspections聽

滨蹿听APHA finds any non-compliances,聽they聽may:聽

• issue compliance notices, contravention聽notices聽and welfare improvement notices聽聽
• notify your egg packing centre of any breaches in the regulations