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Total number of egg farms that are required to be compliant with the Egg Rule (September 2010 to December 2011)

Dictionary: Egg farms were required to register under the FDA Egg Rule. All large farms registered by November 1, 2010 will be inspected under the 2010-2011 Egg Assignment. As of November 1, 2010, 608 large egg farms had registered, so that is the total number of egg farms that FDA committed to inspect by December 2011. However, in proceeding with inspections, FDA discovered that several farms were no longer subject to the rule because they had ceased operations or canceled their registrations. FDA visited and performed “washout inspections” of these farms, and these reports are included in the cumulative number of inspectional visits. These “washouts” reduced the final inventory of farms subject to the Egg Rule to 543.

• FY 2011
• All

Cumulative number of inspectional visits

Fiscal Year - 2011

Time	Target	Number
Sep 2010	N/A	N/A
Oct 2010	N/A	N/A
Nov 2010	N/A	N/A
Dec 2010	N/A	N/A
Jan 2011	N/A	140
Feb 2011	N/A	151
Mar 2011	N/A	190
Apr 2011	N/A	246
May 2011	N/A	300
Jun 2011	N/A	356
Jul 2011	N/A	413
Aug 2011	N/A	447
Sep 2011	N/A	498
Oct 2011	N/A	545
Nov 2011	N/A	612
Dec 2011	N/A	662

Cumulative number of washout inspections [1]

Fiscal Year - 2011

Time	Target	Number
Sep 2010	N/A	N/A
Oct 2010	N/A	N/A
Nov 2010	N/A	N/A
Dec 2010	N/A	N/A
Jan 2011	N/A	96
Feb 2011	N/A	96
Mar 2011	N/A	96
Apr 2011	N/A	96
May 2011	N/A	96
Jun 2011	N/A	96
Jul 2011	N/A	96
Aug 2011	N/A	96
Sep 2011	N/A	96
Oct 2011	N/A	96
Nov 2011	N/A	96
Dec 2011	N/A	108

Footnotes

• [1] "Washout" inspections are inspectional visits where registered farms did not actually meet the criteria for inspection (e.g., were non-operational, were not yet subject to the requirements of the egg rule, etc.).