Low Cost Preservation of Eggs

Introduction

A low cost technique has been developed to preserve the shell eggs by treatment with egg washing powder and egg coating oil. The egg washing powder has a combined detergent and sanitizing action. It helps in lowering bacterial load and increasing the keeping quality. Coating of shell eggs with white paraffin (mineral oil containing antifungal and bacteriostatic agents) has been found as an aid in maintaining the interior quality.

Product

Egg washing powder and egg coating oil

Applications

To increase keeping quality of shell egg.

Raw material

Sanitizing and detergents agents, mineral oil, antifungal and bacteriostatic agents, solvent.

Market

This low cost technique can be easily adopted in poultry farms and wholesale trade. The treated shell eggs can be kept preserved for 10 day at 38 C, 4 weeks at 25 O to 30 C, 12 weeks at 13 C and 24 weeks at 7 C the egg production in the country during 1990-91 was estimated at 20,000 million there is considerable scope for adopting this low cost technique in poultry farm/wholesale trade. This will enable the supply of cleaned egg.

Process

Egg washing powder: The washing chemicals are ground to uniform size and homogeneously mixed in the required proportion.

Egg coating oil

The antifungal and bacteriostatic agents are dissolved in a solvent and stirred well continuously while warming. The solvent mixture is added to hot mineral oil, heated stirred cooled and stored.

Equipment and gadgets

Pulverizes SS vessels, immersion, heater, warmish baskets, and oil storage drums agitator, handling gadgets.

Nature of Enterprise

Cottage/tiny scale

For further information please contact

National Research Development Corporation
( A Government of India Enterprise )
20-22, Zamroodhpur Community Center
Kailash Colony Extension
New Delhi 110 048. India
Tel: 91-11-26419904, 26417821, 26480767, 26432627
Fax: 011-26231877, 26460506, 26478010
Website: www.nrdcindia.com