Food Traceability Codes/Eggs

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Labels

Some labels indicate that the eggs inside are “Natural”; others “Free Range” or “Certified Organic.”.

Russian GOST 31654-2012 "Food chicken eggs. Specifications" specifies what to print on eggs to specify their shelf life and mass, and what must be printed on the label.

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Proprietary Codes

There are some codes that enable the consumer to get some information. They can be printed on the packaging if those are packager codes, but there are also Egg codes printed directly on eggs. We store everything in the packager code field for the moment.

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Canada

http://oeuf.ca/les-familles/la-tracabilite/

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Europe

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

India

Ireland

Israel

Italy

 
Italian eggs code system printed on most egg packaging

First number in the code represents the farming typology

  • 0 = organic
  • 1 = free range eggs
  • 2 = cage free eggs
  • 3 = cage eggs

Japan

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

New Zealand

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

http://www.lioneggfarms.co.uk/information/egg-codes/

Laid in Britain

Genuine "Laid in Britain" I.D.Number

Organic	 	 	 	Free Range	 	 	 	Colony
0	UK	15813	 	 	 	1	UK	10065	 	 	 	3	UK	10038
0	UK	15971	1	UK	11550	 	 	 	3	UK	10160
0	UK	17582	1	UK	11776	 	 	 	3	UK	11193
0	UK	19378	1	UK	11780	 	 	 	3	UK	11550
0	UK	20621	1	UK	12355	 	 	 	3	UK	11776
 	 	 	1	UK	12888	 	 	 	3	UK	11992
 	 	 	1	UK	13590	 	 	 	3	UK	12220
 	 	 	1	UK	14238	 	 	 	3	UK	12422
 	 	 	1	UK	15054	 	 	 	3	UK	12843
 	 	 	1	UK	15961	 	 	 	3	UK	12888
 	 	 	1	UK	17357	 	 	 	3	UK	17011
 	 	 	1	UK	17701	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	1	UK	20837	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	1	UK	20997	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	1	UK	21318	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	1	UK	21433	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	1	UK	21598	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	1	UK	21716	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	1	UK	22849	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	1	UK	22998	 	 	 	 	 	 

United States

Codes available on GitHub