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Main Group 2: Egg and egg products

 

Classification policies

Group 2 classification

Inclusions:
  1. Bird (or possibly reptile) eggs.
  2. A food product whose predominant constituent is eggs.
  3. A recipe dish whose main ingredient is considered to be eggs.

Exclusions:
  1. Fish roe, use Fish offal

Policies:
  1. The primary categorisation is by the egg-producing species. However because the major consumption is of chicken eggs, the top level of subdivision is between these and other varieties.
  2. At the next level, chicken eggs can be coded as whole, white or yolk, and other varieties by species.
  3. Many mixed foods and recipes contain eggs but only a few egg-dishes are classified in this main food group. These are either culturally defined as egg-dishes or have eggs as the main ingredient.
    Examples:
    Omelette, egg nog

Revisions:
  1. New codes have been assigned. The system is described in Discussion Note N003: Revised hierarchical food codes.
  2. Other species moved to consolidated categories at the top level.
  3. Category added for eggs of wild birds.
  4. In accord with the general revision of policy, the Egg products for dietetic use category has been removed. This aspect will in future be coded using a Use descriptor.

Discussion:
  1. Is the present uneven top-level subdivision acceptable or should further species be given their own categories at this level?
  2. Would it be potentially useful to allow the further species to have whole, white and yolk sub-categories? Or should this aspect be handled through some form of Part consumed descriptor? (Related issues include the coding of parts of fruit and vegetables, and of cod liver oil.)

Main Group 2: Egg and egg products
Code and category
 Scientific name
 Synonym or similar product
 
2. Egg and egg products
2.10 Chicken eggs Gallus domesticus  
  2.10.10 Whole egg, chicken     
  2.10.20 Egg yolk, chicken   
  2.10.30 Egg white, chicken   
2.19 Eggs, other domestic birds  
  2.19.10 Duck eggs Anas platyrhynchos 
  2.19.20 Quail eggs Coturnix coturnix 
  2.19.30 Turkey eggs Meleagris gallopavo 
  2.19.40 Goose eggs Anser anser 
  2.19.50 Ostrich eggs   
2.20 Eggs, wild birds  
  2.20.10 Seagull eggs Larus spp 

 

 

Policy updated:  27 August 1999
Classification updated:  30 March 1999
Discussion updated:  22 January 1999
Ian Unwin