---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 590.516"
title: "9"
number: "590.516"
heading: "Cleaning of eggs prior to packaging, breaking, or pasteurizing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/590.516"
---

# §590.516. Cleaning of eggs prior to packaging, breaking, or pasteurizing.

- (a) All eggs, except as provided in [§ 590.801](/cfr/9/590.801.md), must be clean prior to packaging, breaking, or pasteurizing. If a sanitizer is used, it must be used in accordance with FDA requirements for the intended use.
- (b) Shell eggs shall be sufficiently dry at time of breaking to prevent contamination or adulteration of the liquid egg product from free moisture on the shell.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 49170, Sept. 21, 1995, as amended at 85 FR 68680, Oct. 29, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 1031-1056; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 9814, May 28, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977 and 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981. Further redesignated at 63 FR 72353, Dec. 31, 1998.

### Amendments

[60 FR 49170, Sept. 21, 1995, as amended at 85 FR 68680, Oct. 29, 2020]