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unsuitable.

(2) For subclause (1), waste includes sewage, waste water, used litter, dead birds, garbage and eggs which the proprietor, supervisor or employee of the egg producer knows, ought to reasonably know or to reasonably suspect, are unsafe or unsuitable.

6 Health and hygiene requirements

(1) A person involved in egg production must exercise personal hygiene and health practices that do not make the eggs unsafe or unsuitable.

(2) An egg producer must take all reasonable measures to ensure that personnel and visitors exercise personal hygiene and health practices that do not make the eggs unsafe or unsuitable.

7 Skills and knowledge

An egg producer must ensure that a person who engages in or supervises the primary production of eggs has –

(a) skills in food safety and food hygiene; and
(b) knowledge of food safety and food hygiene matters;

commensurate with their work.

8 Design, construction and maintenance of premises, equipment and transportation vehicles

An egg producer must –

(a) ensure that premises, equipment and transportation vehicles are designed and constructed in a way that minimises the contamination of the eggs, allows for effective cleaning and sanitisation, and minimises the harbourage of pests and vermin; and
(b) keep premises, equipment and transportation vehicles effectively cleaned, sanitised and in good repair to ensure the eggs are not made unsafe or unsuitable.

9 Bird health

(1) An egg producer must not obtain eggs for human consumption from birds if the proprietor, supervisor or employee of the egg producer knows, ought to reasonably know or to reasonably suspect, the bird is affected by disease or a condition that makes the eggs unsafe or unsuitable.

(2) The definition of 'condition' in Standard 3.2.2 does not apply to this clause.

10 Traceability

(1) An egg producer must not sell eggs unless each individual egg is marked with the producers' unique identification.

(2) An egg producer who supplies egg pulp must mark each package or container containing the pulp with the producers' unique identification.

(3) Subclauses (1) and (2) do not apply to eggs or egg pulp sold or supplied to an egg processor (the supplied product) if that egg processor complies with clause 20 in respect of the supplied product.

(4) In addition to subclauses (1) and (2), an egg producer must have a system to identify to whom eggs or egg pulp is sold or supplied.

11 Sale or supply

(1) An egg producer must not sell or supply eggs or egg pulp for human consumption if it knows, ought to reasonably know or to reasonably suspect, that the eggs are unacceptable.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to an egg producer that sells or supplies unacceptable eggs to an egg processor for