Egg Production and Packaging

At Farmlay Eggs some 2 million eggs are produced, graded and packaged each week - 45% of them are Free Range, Barn and Organic. The rest of the eggs are produced in the new more welfare friendly Enriched Colony system.

It is a process which covers all aspects of egg production from the selection and rearing of day old chicks through to the control and monitoring of the Health and Welfare of the Company's flock of laying hens on contract farms and the maintenance of the highest standards of Production, Packaging and Customer Service.

At the Armagh plant, concerted investment in the latest technology means that advanced computerised equipment can grade and pack up to 7500 dozen eggs every hour - in a packaging format to suit and accommodate all our customers requirements.

With consistent high quality as the goal, the equipment incorporates automatic crack detection, weighing, segregation and 'best before date' stamping. Part of our traceability system involves printing each egg with their own unique Farm ID number. If you would like an explanation of this code please CLICK HERE.

Traceability, food safety and Animal Welfare are extremely important at Farmlay Eggs and we are accredited by a number of independent bodies:

British Egg Industry Council (Lion Quality)
British Retail Consortium (BRC)
Freedom Foods (RSPCA)
Organic Farmers and Growers

If you would like more information about these bodies please click on their logos at the top of this page.

The Result

The highest standards of product quality - each time and every time.