Ballyfree Irish Eggs

Quality Eggs from Local Farms

Quality

Quality Eggs from Local Farms

Quality Assurance

The Bord Bia Egg Quality Assurance Scheme ensures that eggs are produced and packed to the highest standards of foods safety and traceability and in a manner which protects the environment. It ensures that:

  • All incoming stocks for egg laying are certified free of salmonella
  • All farms are monitored monthly for salmonella
  • Only heat treated feed can be used
  • All eggs are fully traceable
  • All farms and packing centres are audited by Bord Bia before approval is granted

From day old chicks to the eggs in the customer’s fridge, all steps of the process are crucial to the production of first class product.

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To ensure the highest quality products, Ballyfree Eggs control all aspects of the process including control of hens from day old, management of feed and breed selection. A veterinary advisor is on hand at all times to monitor the health and welfare of the hens. A full time farm auditor carries out monthly audits to the Bord Bia EQAS and Ballyfree Eggs standards. The auditor also collects the monthly samples for monitoring of salmonella.

The packing centre also employs stringent quality control. Using the Bord Bia EQAS as the basis for the quality system, it has been developed over the years in conjunction with BRC and other customer standards to become a highly efficient management system. This management system incorporates all aspects of the business including food safety, health, welfare and safety, environment and ethical trading. The grading process is fully automated and includes automatic dirt & defect detection, crack detection and UV disinfection of the shells of the eggs.

Each egg is printed with the Flock registration code of the farm, the Bord Bia Logo and the Best Before date. Strict qualities checks are carried out throughout the process to monitor everything from print on the eggs and labels to the quality of the egg itself. The shell quality, albumen(white) quality and yolk colour is monitored as an indication of the quality of the egg.

Irish Eggs, Ballyfree Eggs, Quality Eggs
Irish Eggs, Ballyfree Eggs, Quality Eggs
All our Organic production supply base is approved by the Organic Trust and the grading and packing of organic eggs in the packing centre is approved by IOFGA (Irish Farmers and Growers Association). Organic egg production is more stringent than free range. The stocking rate is lower than for free range and the feed must be certified organic. All organic farms and the packing centre are inspected on an annual basis.
  • Bord Bia EQAS
  • BRC Global Standard – Grade A
  • Organic Certification IE-ORG-02

Feed Sourcing

  • Ballyfree Eggs source feed from approved feed mills as agreed specifications
  • Bord Bia approved
  • UFAS approved

Breed Selection Criteria

  • Efficient production of good quality eggs
  • Optimum egg weight Good shell strength and colour
  • Excellent feed conversion
  • Hens have a good temperament and are easily adaptable to any production system

Rearing

  • Ballyfree Eggs have total control of birds from day old to the end of lay

The Packing Centre

  • A state of the art facility built to meet all existing hygiene & food safety requirements
  • €5 million investment in last 5 years
  • Temperature controlled
  • Joint business investment in Pasteurisation plant
  • Automatic blood/meat detection

Our Quality Standards

Irish Eggs, Ballyfree Eggs, Quality Eggs
Irish Eggs, Ballyfree Eggs, Quality Eggs
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