Comparative analysis of the commodity properties and quality of chicken eggs from different poultry farms sold in the St. Petersburg retail chain

Chicken egg is a valuable dietary product and is often included in the daily human diet. In recent years, the demand of the population of our country for chicken eggs has increased and the requirements for the quality of table eggs of different categories have increased. In the trade network of St. Petersburg sells chicken table eggs of commodity categories of different manufacturers, among which quite often there is an egg, which by some indicators does not meet the requirements of regulatory documents. In this connection, a comparative analysis of commodity properties of hen's eggs of large poultry farms of the Leningrad region, selling their products in different retail chains of St. Petersburg was carried out. For the study was selected 10 packages of table chicken eggs 10 pieces per package of the following categories: selected, 1 and 2. Comparative analysis of eggs was carried out by their weight (one and ten pieces), presence of contamination, defects of egg shell and its integrity (fight), calculated shape index.

According to the conducted research it was established that the greatest deviations from the requirements of GOST on the weight of eggs and the presence of defects were established in the batch of eggs of the enterprise №1, sold in the retail network "Lenta". The analysis of the weight of eggs of all categories of poultry enterprise No. 2 corresponds to the permissible limit of GOST. In spite of single cases of non-compliance of egg weight to the trade categories indicated on the pack-age, the weight of 10 pcs. corresponded to the GOST requirements. 

According to the data of the conducted research it is established that the greatest deviations from the requirements of GOST on egg weight and the presence of defects were established in the batch of eggs of enterprise No.1, sold in the retail network "Lenta". The analysis of the weight of eggs of all categories of poultry enterprise No. 2 corresponds to the permissible limit of GOST. In spite of single cases of non-compliance of egg weight to the trade categories indicated on the pack-age, the weight of 10 pcs. corresponded to the GOST requirements. 

The table eggs produced by enterprise No.1 are sold in the trade network "Lenta" and "Magnit" with signs of contami-nation (31-36%) and breakage (3-9%), as well as with shell defects. (3-9%). For poultry farm No.2 the noted defects made up 17-22%, 1-6% and 1-4% respectively. Enterprise No.1 sells table eggs of different shapes with insignificant deviations from the recommended norm with egg shape index of 72-80%. At enterprise No.2 this index was 77-80%. That fully meets the normative requirements. It was found that eggs of category C2 of both producers to a greater extent met the requirements of normative documents and can be recommended to consumers of St. Petersburg.

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