Selling Duck Eggs

[Yvonne]

Hi

The restaurant where I work wants to buy Duck eggs. The only information I can find including DEFRA just refers to hens eggs. Does anyone know whether the same rules apply to Duck eggs.

A quick update on the goslings. Sadly one of the Toulouse died Sunday last week. I have no idea why, Saturday night she was on her own, if I went near she would join the others. Sunday morning she was on her own but didn't want to do much. Went to work for a few hours and when I got home she had really gone downhill and died before I could do anything.

The other 3 have really grown and seem okay

Thanks
Yvonne

 

[Ulsta Dyook Wife]

I sell my duck eggs at the side of the road, loads of people do. There must not be any regulations about that, or selling hens eggs at the side of the road, as I've seen plenty of folk doing that too. I also sell the eggs at work.

I suppose it would be up to the restaurant to find out if there are any regulations re a commercial premises buying duck eggs (I assume your eggs are not graded and stamped)?

Its a interesting one.

 

[snifter]

I think to sell to the retail or catering trade they have to come from a verifiable traceable source.

However, I did do some reading and its a bit of a grey area but it goes into the seller being registered etc. I think its up to the restaurant to find out.

FWIW, if you are not registered and you sell your eggs and there is a problem with them for customers, there could be all kinds of comeback and so on regarding it. I'd be wary selling to commercial premises as its not for their own direct consumption, but for others who are eating the food.

What I found was this -

What products are not covered?

The Egg Marketing Standards Regulations as amended, do not apply to:
Eggs not from laying hens;
Eggs sold directly to the consumer for their own use;
By the producer on their own farm; or
By the producer in a local public market (with the exception of farm gate sales, at local public/auction markets, or by door to door selling).

Reading that, I don't think you are covered to sell them to the restaurant.

 

[Davidd]

Hello, no ,you can only sell at the gate- to friends etc, not to shops, restuarants, hospitals- anywhere where they are sold - it is the same as chicken eggs.
regards, David

 

[Mooner]

Last year we used to sell our duck eggs to our local pub and they were on the menu as part of a starter. The landlord never asked if i was registered or anything, and there wasn't a problem at all. He also bought his free range hen eggs from a lady in the village who wasn't registered either. Unfortunately the pub is now closed down due to the 'credit crunch'. We now just sell our hen & duck eggs from the end of the drive which is going really well!.