The EU is one of the world's biggest egg producers and a net exporter of eggs and egg products e.g. egg powder, liquid egg etc. Eggs and egg products are considered important food commodities and are consumed on a daily basis in large quantities as such or as an ingredient of other foodstuffs. Egg products can be found in a variety of products such as, baked goods like cookies and cakes, pastas, meat products and food supplements. The FVO launched in 2015 a series of audits focused on eggs and egg products in order to verify that Member States ensure that such products placed on the market, comply with the relevant EU legislation. Compliance covers requirements concerning traceability, labelling and food safety. Six such audits make up the series, three of which have been carried out already with the other three taking place in 2016. These audits cover those Member States with the largest egg production i.e. Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The individual audit reports will be published and after the completion of the audit series an overview report will be prepared identifying good practices, weaknesses found and areas where improvement can be made, which will also be publicly available.