In accordance with the Food Safety Modernization Act administered by the Food and Drug Administration, the Agency has cooperated with the Association of National Egg Regulatory Officials to develop the Egg Regulatory Program Standards.  These standards are intended to establish uniformity in the regulatory activities of participating agencies with respect to egg product safety.

Egg regulatory program standards address:

• Regulatory principles
• Training programs
• Inspection programs
• Auditing of inspection programs
• Egg-borne diseases
• Laboratory support
• Responses to egg-borne disease outbreaks
• Compliance and enforcement
• Program assessment

The Egg Regulatory Program Standards will establish a common basis for individual states to assess egg safety and will provide for uniformity in inspections conducted by federal and state agencies.

The Egg Regulatory Program Standards are available from the FDA Office of Partnerships at <OP.feedback@fda.hhs.gov>.