To prevent expansion of contamination to the whole apparatus caused by contamination of an egg inlet part by cleaning the egg inlet part which is most exceedingly contaminated in an egg cleaning apparatus.

This egg cleaning apparatus 10 is equipped with the egg inlet part 11 which sprays water on eggs and cleans and moistens eggshells, an egg cleaning part 12 for brushing the fed eggshells and an egg drying part 13 for sending air to the fed eggs and drying the eggshells. An overflow type water receiving tank 11c for receiving water sprayed on the eggs is arranged under a conveyor 11a of the egg inlet part 11 and a part of the conveyor 11a is driven in a state immersed in the water receiving tank 11c to remove dirt attaching itself to the conveyor 11a.