Method and apparatus for examining eggs

摘要

A non-destructive method for determining resistance to cracking of an intact egg, whereby said determining comprises at least one of the following steps a) and b): - a) determining a tensile stress developed in an eggshell of said intact egg, for example a tensile stress at a predetermined load; - b) determining an elasticity of said eggshell; wherein preferably the results of step a) and/or step b) are used in evaluating said resistance to cracking.