Egg Grading Sector
Sector Manager - Margo Ladouceur Email: margoladouceur@cpepc.ca Tel: 613 724-6605 ext 4
Sector Directors:
Mike Walsh - Gray Ridge Eggs Inc. - Strathroy, ON
Serge Lefebvre - Groupe Nutri Inc - St-Hyacinthe, QC
The Egg Grading
Sector of the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors
Council directly employs more than 1,500 Canadian
workers, and represents an economic investment in plant
and equipment in excess of $150 million.
CPEPC’s
grading sector is comprised of 16 companies, operating
28 plants in all regions of the country. Throughput for
Canadian grading stations is approximately 550 million
dozen eggs and CPEPC members are responsible for more
than 95% of this total. CPEPC graders work closely with
primary egg producers to ensure an adequate supply of
fresh shell eggs will be available to consumers.
Operating also as wholesalers, Council's egg grading
sector members distribute fresh eggs to the hotel,
restaurant and institutional market, along with
supplying retail outlets.
In 1997, the long-term
trend of declining per capita egg consumption was
reversed as consumers were educated through aggressive
marketing programs regarding the nutritional benefits of
"nature's most nearly perfect food". This, in
combination with dispelling myths regarding cholesterol;
and, the obvious value of eggs to consumers represent
growth opportunities to this important sector. Cash
strapped Canadian consumers turn increasingly to eggs
during difficult economic times and per capita
consumption of shell eggs has increased over the last
decade.