Ban of fowl slaughtering by vendors postponed: COA

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Source: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/03/16/248440/Ban-of.htm

Updated Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:43 am TWN, The China Post news staff
Ban of fowl slaughtering by vendors postponed: COA

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The government has decided to further postpone a plan to ban poultry vendors from slaughtering live chickens and ducks at traditional markets as originally planned on April 1. But the prohibition on wholesalers will be enforced.

Officials from the Council of Agriculture (COA) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs confirmed the latest decision yesterday.

COA Chairman Chen Wu-hsiung told legislators that the prohibition on slaughtering of live fowl, ducks, and geese at the market is set to take effect next month at the end of a two-year buffer period.

However, the move related to the retailing market will be shelved again after officials at city and county governments concluded that it will be highly difficult to enforce the new rules.

Many local consumers still prefer to buy only ?warm? poultry ? freshly slaughtered chickens or ducks that do not go through the chilling or freezing process ? and shun frozen meat products.

But the COA and other law enforcement agencies will continue stepping up the crackdown on illegal fowl slaughtering operations by unregistered plants to safeguard consumers' health, Chen said.

MOEA officials said that the new rules to ban slaughtering of live fowl were passed two years ago to help prevent and control the highly pathogenic bird flu virus.

The government will now postpone the enforcement of the new regulations in view of the diminishing threat from the bird flu virus and the difficulty in persuading consumers to change their purchasing habits.

There are still more than 2,200 vendors operating at the retailing end of the poultry market islandwide, accounting for a total market share of 16 percent. They will be allowed to continue the business operations for the time being, said the officials.

But the wholesale poultry markets, which supplies 84 percent of total products, will not be allowed to kill the fowls except at the modernized slaughterhouses, according to the officials.

Starting from April, those who violate the regulations will face fines ranging from NT$100,000 to NT$300,000, they said.

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: Ban of fowl slaughtering by vendors postponed: COA

Legitimate protest against the industry can not kill the chicken COA: slaughtering capacity will increase 3 times

(2010/05/06 18:55)

Life Center / Taipei

Government planning policy suddenly ordered a halt to the slaughter of poultry, slaughter businesses around the electrical joint call for an immediate start policy, and the acquisition of the slaughterhouse. Council of Agriculture said the program adjusted measures, slaughter is expected to increase three-fold, the industry is expected to resume operation.

By the Government to develop the poultry slaughter policies stagnation and provides electrical slaughter industry operators also followed shut down yesterday, the industry composition of salvation to the Executive Yuan, petitioned the Government to immediately promote the poultry slaughtered electrically, and a general offer self-help members of the slaughterhouse, to make up for losses .

Council of Agriculture said that as the poultry slaughtering a service-profit business, not operated by the government, the public acquisition of the slaughterhouse to the Government's proposal, There is no planning. In the future, the Council of Agriculture in addition to counseling the poultry slaughter industry into the hands lawful slaughter, we will also strengthen the crackdown on illegal slaughterhouse.

Council of Agriculture also made a statement, will drive the poultry slaughter management measures, based on consensus of the Tiaozheng Hou, Jia Qin addition to the traditional retail market, accounting for 16%, it is anticipated early next year will be 27% to 84% of the target, This 57% growth in space, before adjustment of poultry slaughtered at about 3 times the amount expected to greatly enhance the market demand for slaughter, slaughter businesses legitimate power and it does shut down operations problem.

In addition, the Changhua County in January and February this year, the occurrence of an outbreak of bird flu have been confirmed that the Council of Agriculture quarantine bureau is only "low pathogenic." But early in March the county resurgence of bird flu epidemic prevention bureau also said that based on the literature and national reports showed that the H5N2 virus, although contagious bird, but it will not affect human health, nor on poultry health and safety considerations.

But according to reports, internal documents show that early in March the Council of Agriculture's avian flu is "highly pathogenic" chickens intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) 2.41, far exceeding the World Health Organization (OIE) as defined by the high pathogenic index twice as much, but at that time did not cull all chickens in farms. Reported that the COA may be because of fears that ordered a halt to the slaughter policy, and to conceal the epidemic, but the lesions occur in the virus, the consequences may be disastrous.

http://www.nownews.com/2010/05/06/327-2600150.htm

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: Ban of fowl slaughtering by vendors postponed: COA

Electric slaughter industry assistance programs and then proposed petition
20100505 18:10:16 word small medium large word word
(Central News Agency, Taipei Suk Min 5 power) is not prohibited by the traditional slaughtering of live poultry markets led to the slaughterhouse electric self-help will go to petition. Prevention and Quarantine Council of Agriculture Secretary Xu days, the afternoon will be accompanied by self-help cadres to petition the Executive Yuan, who recently made unemployed assistance program, 7 further deliberations.

Electric slaughterhouse self petition will go north today, will fail in many veterinary inspection, which were painted blue door dead or sick birds piling the Council of Agriculture. Self-Help Association, said Lin Lijing industry, policy turn, will Sizai's disease checks dead chickens loopholes, but also make the policy conform to lose all their investment in the industry.

Protests continued until noon, Council of Agriculture, in consultation with industry representatives met in the afternoon, accompanied by the promise salvation cadres days to petition the Executive Yuan.

Duiyu industry asked the Government to buy, Xu days, said the government will buy bad financial situation of slaughterhouse, recently put forward will be invited to help themselves will need assistance program content, and then in consultation with solutions.

Electric self-help Association, Wujiang Xiong said slaughterhouse, in fact, he has bounced more than NT 6.5 million yuan, and many business loans to 100 million yuan of investment from top to bottom, the actual operating rate to only 2,3 percent; mainly because Sizai can not help, private Jae is cheaper than electricity kill 3 percent, and no veterinary check-out dead or sick birds, and many businesses will find someone Sizai treatment, not through the power kill.

He stressed that self-help will be made within 7 days before the solution, but he thinks this is not a subsidy can solve the matter, as long as Sizai can not help, the market will work to low-cost way of closer. If the industry itself is bad business, will take up their responsibility, but because of policy changes, I hope the Government to provide assistance. 990 505

http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201005050224&pType0=aALL&pTypeSel=0

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: Ban of fowl slaughtering by vendors postponed: COA

Meat safety to protect consumers, the Council of Agriculture said today that more than 300 million yuan this year, the budget provision, and the slaughter of more than hiring 400 health inspectors in the slaughter strictly in Taiwan, to safeguard the health of consumers.

Council of Agriculture, this year alone 1 to 4 months, the Council of Agriculture BAPHIQ with investigators and county and city governments, attendance 244 times, powerful illegal poultry slaughtering industry. On the other hand, also seized 24 hand-slaughtered wholesale premises, to play on the illegal industry's deterrent.

In addition, for those severe circumstances, illegal poultry slaughtering industry, seized after the land be handed over to investigators. Council of Agriculture stressed that this also shows that the government defend the meat market to health and safety, consumer protection determination.

Prevention and Quarantine Bureau said that this year has set more than 300 million yuan funding, hiring more than 400 slaughter hygiene and safety inspectors, stationed in the slaughterhouse strictly; in all animal slaughter sanitary inspection, the results are impressive.

Last year, for example, anti-health inspection bureau of the pigs slaughtered inspection, a total of 8.07 million, is the meat market volume of 115% annual auction. BAPHIQ officials said, it also means that any of the auction or auction without the pigs, illegal slaughtering almost disappeared. The other white meat chicken, the health slaughter inspection rate as high as 99%, results consistent with the United States and Europe.

Therefore, BAPHIQ stressed that the Council of Agriculture poultry slaughter management to implement the new system, mainly into the chicken and ducks, geese, hope to poultry production as a goal of 84%, all into the health management in order to protect consumers eat more meat security.

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT5/5579036.shtml

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: Ban of fowl slaughtering by vendors postponed: COA

Push the slaughter of Health / industry subsidies provided no acquisition plans
United Evening News reporter Pengxuan Ya ╱ / Taipei】

2010.05.05 04:32 pm


Sizai but not banned? Legitimate power kill the industry to the streets / Wang Hongshun

Slaughterhouse industry in Taiwan more than 20 self-help will be composed of automated slaughterhouses, Qi went to the Council of Agriculture today, asking the Government to fully implement hygienic slaughtering policy, and requested the Government to buy the current difficult operating slaughterhouse. Prevention and Quarantine Bureau of the Council of Agriculture said on April 1 before a poultry slaughter management adjustments have full communication with the industry, operating more difficult for the poultry slaughterhouse, the slaughterhouse has been providing veterinary services to help strengthen the performance of management, more provide working capital industry, to assist towards the modern poultry production and marketing business.

Prevention and Quarantine Bureau, Mr Xu days, said Taiwan currently legally registered poultry slaughter industry are 46, in order to enhance the safety of poultry meat market share, the Council of Agriculture in accordance with "Guidance for grants to establish poultry slaughterhouse Guidelines", grants 22 new poultry slaughter field, providing 200 000 000 10000000 subsidies.

At the same time, it currently operates 11 slaughterhouses more difficult, the Council of Agriculture project to provide interest subsidy for one year; and to help improve the facilities of 31 slaughter houses, to encourage the industry towards the modern business. Xu days, said the slaughterhouse for the operational difficulties, Prevention and Quarantine Bureau has also set up trade unions, through technical guidance poultry slaughtering mission to help improve the competitiveness and operating structure.

Xu days, said some of the industry reflects the operational difficulties, but the analysis of this year on April 1, the Council of Agriculture to adjust the poultry slaughter management practices, traditional market retail chicken, ducks, geese total poultry production 16%; the current slaughter industry slaughtering is only 27% market share, after counseling, can expand three times this year, slaughtering, moving towards 84% market share and grow big.

BAPHIQ emphasized that these businesses will be fully integrated into the slaughter of health management, so that better production and marketing system and corporate management.

Today, the industry also requires the Government should acquire poorly managed poultry slaughterhouses, and hiring employees by the Government. Xu days, said the industry should strengthen the ability, the Government will provide all necessary loans, technical assistance, but for the acquisition of the slaughterhouse, "The Government has no plan."

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT5/5579031.shtml

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: Ban of fowl slaughtering by vendors postponed: COA

Power plant has been throwing money at slaughter industry: by the government cheated!

The original April 1 this year, the Council of Agriculture to promote, chickens, ducks, must fully enforce the policy of slaughter power, suddenly ordered a halt to it so have invested tens of millions of electrical slaughter industry rather dissatisfied and feel cheated by the Government, but also harm they lose money, so am going to protest the Council of Agriculture.

Electricity from all over the country to kill the industry, holding high the white section, agitation, want to tear down the barricades in front of the Council of Agriculture. Originally, the Government said to consumer safety, to promote the chickens, ducks, full electric slaughter policy, if they believe the government, the investment of tens of millions, or even a billion dollars to build electric slaughter field, did not think the Council of Agriculture had at the April 1 Policy No. road, they suddenly be suspended so that they feel cheated by the government.

Electric slaughter industry dissatisfaction, calling 300 people, from all over Taiwan to protest the Council of Agriculture, but the Council of Agriculture explained that the policy will continue to slowly push the losses for the industry, has also prepared a 200 million yuan to subsidize the industry the loss of animal protection groups criticized the policy of the Council of Agriculture wrong all the people have to pay the bill.

Protesters also brought electric field inside the slaughter, after a veterinary examination to be out of chickens, they criticize the government if the policy is not amended, they can not control the flow of dead or sick birds, to the time the most unfortunate is that consumers, the problem of chicken eat Xiadu them altogether.
Lin Jing Mei Wujia Fort Taipei.

(2010-05-05 11:56) Public TV Noon News

http://web.pts.org.tw/php/news/pts_news/detail.php?NEENO=147591

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: Ban of fowl slaughtering by vendors postponed: COA

More about the H5N2 Changhua outbreak here http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=144210