Apparatus for shelling eggs which includes: - a casing defining a shelling compartment and an unloading compartment; - a shelling device housed in said shelling compartment and configured to open egg shells; - an unloading device housed in said unloading compartment and comprising at least one hopper member (14a, 14b, 14c) suitable for receiving and unloading a shelling product consisting of albumen, yolk or a mixture of albumen and yolk; - a transport device comprising conveyors (16, 17) configured to separately transport albumen and yolk from said shelling device to said unloading device; wherein said shelling device comprises at least one opening member configured to open an egg shell and cause the yolk and albumen to fall; characterized in that the apparatus includes: - sanitizing devices (18, 19a, 19b, 20, 30) housed in said casing adapted to emit ultraviolet radiation and which comprise a first sanitizing device (18, 19a) positioned to irradiate operating surfaces of said at least one hopper organ (14a, 14b, 14c), to reduce a bacterial load on said operating surfaces, wherein said operating surfaces are surfaces that come into contact with yolk and/or albumen during the operation of said apparatus; said conveyors (16, 17) comprise: - at least a first conveyor having a plurality of seats each adapted to house a yolk; - at least a second conveyor having a plurality of seats each suitable for housing albumen; wherein each of said opening member is arranged above one of said at least one first conveyor to unload a yolk for each seat of said first conveyor; wherein each of said at least one first conveyor is arranged on top of one of said at least one second conveyor to unload albumen into the seats of said second conveyor; the operating surfaces of said conveyors (16, 17) comprise said seats; said first sanitizing device (18, 19a) also being positioned in such a way as to irradiate said seats before they are engaged respectively by a yolk and an albumen, during the operation of said apparatus. - a casing defining a shelling compartment and an unloading compartment; - a shelling device housed in said shelling compartment and configured to open egg shells; - an unloading device housed in said unloading compartment and comprising at least one hopper member (14a, 14b, 14c) suitable for receiving and unloading a shelling product consisting of albumen, yolk or a mixture of albumen and yolk; - a transport device comprising conveyors (16, 17) configured to separately transport albumen and yolk from said shelling device to said unloading device; wherein said shelling device comprises at least one opening member configured to open an egg shell and cause the yolk and albumen to fall; characterized in that the apparatus includes: - sanitizing devices (18, 19a, 19b, 20, 30) housed in said casing adapted to emit ultraviolet radiation and which comprise a first sanitizing device (18, 19a) positioned to irradiate operating surfaces of said at least one hopper organ (14a, 14b, 14c), to reduce a bacterial load on said operating surfaces, wherein said operating surfaces are surfaces that come into contact with yolk and/or albumen during the operation of said apparatus; - sanitizing devices (18, 19a, 19b, 20, 30) housed in said casing adapted to emit ultraviolet radiation and which comprise a first sanitizing device (18, 19a) positioned to irradiate operating surfaces of said at least one hopper organ (14a, 14b, 14c), to reduce a bacterial load on said operating surfaces, wherein said operating surfaces are surfaces that come into contact with yolk and/or albumen during the operation of said apparatus; said conveyors (16, 17) comprise: - at least a first conveyor having a plurality of seats each adapted to house a yolk; - at least a second conveyor having a plurality of seats each suitable for housing albumen; - at least a first conveyor having a plurality of seats each adapted to house a yolk; - at least a second conveyor having a plurality of seats each suitable for housing albumen; wherein each of said opening member is arranged above one of said at least one first conveyor to unload a yolk for each seat of said first conveyor; wherein each of said at least one first conveyor is arranged on top of one of said at least one second conveyor to unload albumen into the seats of said second conveyor; the operating surfaces of said conveyors (16, 17) comprise said seats; said first sanitizing device (18, 19a) also being positioned in such a way as to irradiate said seats before they are engaged respectively by a yolk and an albumen, during the operation of said apparatus.