A low cost technique has been developed
to preserve the shell eggs by treatment with egg washing powder
and egg coating oil. The egg washing powder has a combined
detergent and sanitizing action. It helps in lowering bacterial
load and increasing the keeping quality. Coating of shell
eggs with white paraffin (mineral oil containing antifungal
and bacteriostatic agents) has been found as an aid in maintaining
the interior quality.
Product:Egg washing powder and egg coating
oil
Applications:
To increase keeping quality of shell egg.
Raw material:
Sanitizing and detergents agents, mineral
oil, antifungal and bacteriostatic agents, solvent.
Market:
This low cost technique can be easily adopted
in poultry farms and wholesale trade. The treated shell eggs
can be kept preserved for 10 day at 38 C, 4 weeks at 25 O
to 30 C, 12 weeks at 13 C and 24 weeks at 7 C the egg production
in the country during 1990-91 was estimated at 20,000 million
there is considerable scope for adopting this low cost technique
in poultry farm/wholesale trade. This will enable the supply
of cleaned egg.
Process:
Egg washing powder: The washing chemicals
are ground to uniform size and homogeneously mixed in the
required proportion.
Egg coating oil:
The antifungal and bacteriostatic agents
are dissolved in a solvent and stirred well continuously while
warming. The solvent mixture is added to hot mineral oil,
heated stirred cooled and stored.
Equipment and gadgets:
Pulverizes SS vessels, immersion, heater,
warmish baskets, and oil storage drums agitator, handling
gadgets.
Nature of Enterprise:
Cottage/tiny scale
For further information
please contact :
National Research Development Corporation
( A Government of India Enterprise )
20-22, Zamroodhpur Community Center
Kailash Colony Extension
New Delhi 110 048. India
Tel: 91-11-26419904, 26417821, 26480767, 26432627
Fax: 011-26231877, 26460506, 26478010
Website: www.nrdcindia.com