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- Title
QUALITY OF EGGS FOR CONSUMPTION FROM DIFFERENT PRODUCERS IN THE MARKETS IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA. 1: EGG MASS AND EGG SHELL STRENGTH.
- Authors
Kocevski, Dragoslav; Nikolova, Nedeljka; Bunevski, Gjoko; Džabirski, Vladimir; Vuković, Vlado; Porču, Kočo
- Abstract
Eggs as a high valued nutrition product with acceptable price are required on the market, and therefore regular control of their quality is necessity. The aim of this trial was to monitor some quality parameters in eggs for consumption: egg (weight) mass and egg shell quality in M, L and XL weight classes produced by different producers, therefore confirming their marketing quality. From different markets in the region of Skopje, eggs from M, L and XL classes were purchased as different brands mostly present on the Macedonian market. Eggs were analyzed the same day. Egg quality was analyzed using computerized equipment for measuring egg shell strength (Eggshell Force Gauge) and automatic machine Egg Multi Tester EMT 5200 for measuring of the internal egg quality (Robotmation Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). It was noticed that eggs in L and XL weight classes were mixed with eggs weighting less than the minimum weight for these classes, or more preciselly in L class eggs several pieces of M weight class were notified and in XL weight class some percent of L class eggs were monitored. Only 20 samples (26.66%) of M class eggs had sufficient value for egg shell strength, while in 110 analyzed samples of L class only 35 samples (30.43%) fulfill required egg shell strength. Eggs from analyzed brands in general do not fulfill required marketing quality in respect to the analyzed parameters: egg mass and egg shell strength of the eggs for consumption.
- Subjects
MACEDONIA; EGGS
- Publication
Macedonian Journal of Animal Science, 2015, Vol 5, Issue 2, p63
- ISSN
1857-6907
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.54865/mjas1552063k