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A code stamped on a shell.
Also known as: Shell marking egg
The code printed on an egg recording its farming method, country and producing holding.
Records an egg's farming method, country of origin and producing holding.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
The first digit is the farming method, so the single most contested fact about an egg is carried in one character at the front of the code and can be read without any other knowledge.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
Printed per egg rather than per box, which means the traceability survives the packaging being changed or the eggs being separated.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
A short string on the shell beginning with a digit for the farming method, then a country code and a holding identifier.