HC Deb 21 July 2004 vol 424 cc368-9W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made by the Food Standards Agency of the possible risks to human health of allowing ungraded eggs to be sold unmarked. [184196]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The microbiological status of eggs does not affect whether they are graded and marked.

The sale of ungraded eggs, whether marked or not, is subject to the same food safety rules that apply to graded eggs, and in the circumstances, no particular assessment has been made of the possible risks to public health of allowing ungraded eggs to be sold unmarked.