Queensland already requires that all eggs sold must have a mark that clearly identifies the processor of those eggs. This allows  health authorities to be able to easily trace where those eggs have come from if there is a problem.

The new Egg Primary Production Standard (Std 4.2.5) will also require the stamping of eggs across the whole country. This standard is expected to become law as of September 2010 and there will be up to a two year introduction period to allow egg processors and producers to put the new requirements into place.

There will be a lot of promotion around then and it will include something about stamped eggs being good eggs and not stamped being bad.

Businesses and consumers should therefore only be buying stamped eggs – even now in Queensland.