By David B. Strickland
Poultry Times staff
dstrickland@poultrytimes.com
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — With consumer concerns running the gamut from salmonella to avian influenza, it’s critical for poultry products such as eggs to arrive in consumer hands clean and safe.
Clean eggs are also vital for hatchery production to ensure healthy baby chicks.
“The most important step in egg sanitation is the production of nest-clean eggs,” says information prepared by the University of California-Davis. “The key to production of quality chicks is production of clean eggs. Proper egg sanitation will reduce transfer of disease agents from. . .