Laid In Britain - Main Features

Some more information about 'Laid in Britain'

Laid In Britain

represents more than 5% of UK Egg Laying Production, and covers...

Rearing	Laying	Packing	Distribution
Feed	Close liaison with retailers and consumers

Main Features...	1.	Independent producers/packers who market locally and regionally, with short, easily followed traceability trails.

	2.	Sources chicks from accredited sources only.


	3.	Feed sourced from organisations which are themselves audited, or, if home mixing, are monitored on a regular basis.

	4.	Very strict HACCP rules on all aspects of egg handling, biosecurity and welfare control.

	5.	Maximum best before date 28 days from laying.

	6.	Independent auditing annually, six-monthly self-audit and random spot checks.

	7.	All birds are vaccinated against Salmonella, but producers also make use of competitive exclusion product to provide wider pathogen cover than vaccination alone.

	8.		LIB logo on some eggs in scheme, where the type of egg stamping equipment allows, in addition to Laid In Britain logo on egg boxes and outers for easy identification and traceability.

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