For Egg Products, FSIS takes over inspection at what point?

• A. When the eggs are broken
• B. Only after pasteurization
• C. At the farm before collecting eggs
• D. After packaging

Answer: (A)

Egg products fall under FSIS when the eggs are no longer shell eggs and are being processed into products. The moment the eggs are broken and enter the processing line is when FSIS takes over inspection, because that’s when the product becomes an egg product and subject to FSIS rules for sanitation, processing, pasteurization, labeling, and packaging. Before that point, shell eggs on the farm are regulated differently (by the FDA), so the start of FSIS oversight isn’t at the farm. It isn’t only after pasteurization or after packaging—the inspection begins at the breakage and start of processing, and continues through the processing steps.