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| The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) egg grades |
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| How do you candle an egg? |
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1. hold egg to light
2. You can see air cell, yolk and white
3. Hold egg between thumb and first 2 fingers
4. Turn wrist and cause the iside to whirl |
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Air Cell - 1/8 inch or less in depth
White - clear and firm
Yolk - Outline slightly defined
Spots - none |
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Air Cell - 3/16 or less in depth
White - clear, reasonably firm
Yolk - Outline may be fairly well defined
Spots - none |
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Air Cell - More than 3/16 in depth
White - clear, may be weak, watery
Yolk - Outline clearly visible
Spots - blood or meat spots not more then 1/8 in in diameter |
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-Interior Quality of Egg
-Blood or meat spots more then 1/8 inch in diameter |
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- Distance from top to bottom of air cell when egg is held with air cell up
- Air cell gets larger with age due to evaporation
-measured with an Air Cell Gauge |
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| yolk should be surrounded by layer of albumen(white), moves only slightly when twirled, moves more as the egg ages |
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- white is thick and firm if yolk does not move when candled
- blood spots more then 1/8 inch classify egg as inedible (does not include chalazae |
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| A string or albumin or white that helps hold the yolk in the center of the egg |
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| Not concidered as interior quality factors when candeling |
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- loose, bubby or our of position air cell
-Exterior stains or dirt
- Faulty egg shell shape or texture |
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| Exterior Quality Standards |
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Stain - may show specks
dirt/foreign material - none
egg shape - usual shape
shell texture - may have tough spots or calcium deposits
ridges - may have slight ridges
shell thickness - free from thin spots |
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- slight stains, less then 1/32 of shell, or scattered stains less then 1/16 of shell
-dirt/foreign material - none
- egg shape - misshapen (pong or distorted)
-shell texture - extremely rough spots, faulty in soundness or strength, large calcium deposits
- ridges - may have pronounced ridges
- shell thickness - may show thin spots
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Stain - stains covering more then 1/32 of egg if localized and 1/16 of egg is scattered
dirt/foreign material - 1.0 mm in area or greater
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| Adhering Dirt or Foreign Material |
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- Grade A or B eggs cannot have any
- material larger then a speck
- dust does not count
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- eggs that are totally round or too ong to fit in a carton should be grade B
- Eggs with flat spots should be grade B
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- faulty shell texture may be weaker
- Calcium deposits greater than 1/8 should be grade B
- there is no standard for the number of calcium deposits
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-can result in weakened shells
- small ridges - can be grade A
- large ridges - Grade B |
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-Should be thick enough to withstand reasonable handling
- Thin shell - Grade B |
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| Factors in judging ready-to-cook carcasses |
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- exposed flesh
- broken or disjointed bones
- missing parts
- (feathers or pin-feathers are not important)
-do not touch or handle carcass
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Cuts, Tears or Trims
on a carcass |
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- result from miscut or mishandling during processing or slaughter
- If flesh (meat) can be seen then the carcass is a lower grade
- Each part is graded independantly, and the carcass is given the lowest grade
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dead body
(in this case probably a chicken) |
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- no cuts, tears or missing skin
- May have the wing tips and ail missing
-May have 1 disjointed but no broken bones
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- can have up to 1/3 of the flesh showing as long as met yeald is not affected
- A slight cut into meat not more then the width f a nickel can be grade B
- Can have 2 disjointed or non-protruding broken bones
-May be missing the wing up to the second joint, the tail and the back less then half way to the hips
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- More then a third ofthe flesh showing
- cuts larger then the with of a nickel are grade C
- Wing may be cut off at the third joint, tail and back more then half way to the hip
- More then 2 disjointed bones
- More then 1 broken bone
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| - parts to be concidered are: wings, tail, and part of the back area |
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-where the joint is out of socket
- the part is still whole and unbroken
- You will be able to see the end or knobby part under the skin
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- between the ends of the bones
- bone may or may not penetrate the skin
- may be protruding or nonprodruding
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| a broken bone that does not come through the skin |
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| When a broken bone comes through the skin |
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