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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 17. 1972
USDA Reminds Egg Handlers
Of Registration Deadline
As the July 1 deadline for
registration under the Egg
Products Inspection Act nears,
U.S. Department of Agriculture
officials report that many egg
handlers have yet to register.
Registration applications have
been received from about 6,000
egg handlers, but the Depart
ment estimates a total of 10,000 -
12,000 egg handlers should
register
Registration is necessary for
the USDA to administer the shell
egg phase of the Egg Products
Inspection Act. This part of the
Act, which becomes effective
July 1, 1972, controls the
disposition of “restricted eggs”—
checks, dirties, leakers, in
cubator rejects, inedibles and
Elizabethtown FFA
Elects Officers
The Elizabethtown FFA
elected officers for the 1972-73
school year The new officers
are
Robert Gruber, son of and
Mrs Elmer Gruber, Bambndge
RDI, president, Kenneth
Mummau, son of Mr and Mrs.
Paul Mummau, Elizabethtown
RDI, vice-president; George
Hostetter, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hostetter, Elizabethtown
RD3, secretary, James Gruber,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Gruber, Elizabethtown RD3,
treasurer, Raymond Dohner, son
of Mr and Mrs Victor Dohner,
loss eggs. (The first part of the
Act, which went into effect July
1, 1971, requires that all egg
processing plants operate under
a necessary USDA inspection
program.)
Businesses that must register
are: 1) All plants grading shell
eggs for retail stores,
restaurants, institutions,
bakeries, or food manufacturers;
2) producer-packers with more
than 3,000 hens who pack eggs for
the same outlet; 3) and all hat
cheries.
After July 1 State or Federal
officials will check egg packers
at least every three months to see
that they are complying with the
law. Other persons who tran
sport, ship, or receive eggs will
Elizabethtown RDI, news
reporter, Marlin Gruber, son of
Mr and Mrs Raymond Gruber,
Elizabethtown RD3, sentinel, and
Fred Halbleib, son of Mr. and
Mrs Frank T. Halbleib, Bain
bndge RDI, chaplain
The officers are appointing
committees and planning their
program of work for next year.
The first event they participated
in was the Lancaster County FFA
Leadership Training Conference
at Penn Manor High School
Raymond Dohner
Chapter Reporter
also be checked periodically.
To comply with the law,
packing plants must denature or
destroy for human food pur
pososes at the plant all restricted
eggs except checks and dirties.
Properly labeled checks and
dirties may be sent only to a
USDA-mspected egg breaking
plant, for special handling and
processing.
Registration application forms
and information were distributed
to ah known shell egg handlers
early in April. Businesses that
have not returned the forms are
urged to do so promptly to meet
the July 1 deadline.
Any egg handler who has not
received the forms should con
tact the State department of
agriculture or write to: Poultry
Division, Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC
20250.
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