The first Taiwan precedent! Carrefour, together with animal protection groups, will provide "non-cage-fed eggs" in the future.

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The European Union banned farmers from raising laying hens in "lattice cages" in 2012, setting off an "egg revolution" that abolished lattice cages all over the world, but 93% of Taiwan's eggs still come from lattice cages. Today (15) Carrefour, a large-scale chain channel, held a press conference with Taiwan Animal Society Research Association and egg farmers to announce that 100% non-caged eggs will be provided in the future, taking into account consumer health and animal welfare. This is the first time that a large-scale road operator in Taiwan has explicitly vowed to fully adopt an egg-friendly production system.

Carrefour said that in order to drive industrial change, egg farmers who have transformed or are about to transform their "non-cage feeding" production systems are welcome to discuss production and marketing cooperation with Carrefour's commodity department to jointly promote sustainable and friendly animal husbandry.

News Dictionary: the "checkered cage" raises laying hens in a cage about the size of A4 paper, in which 2 ─ and 4 hens are kept in cages all their lives. The narrow space leads to trampling on each other, unable to spread their wings and combing their wings, and has been criticized for ignoring animal welfare, which is not conducive to health and environmental sustainability.

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Farmers: Carrefour is willing to accept it, and the whole family is willing to transform their eggs.

Carrefour has announced that it will comprehensively turn to friendly eggs. He Zongyu of Quanxin Animal Farm says that Changhua is the largest base for raising laying hens in Taiwan. His family and friends alone raise more than 100,000 laying hens, but they do not dare to make a hasty transformation at present. Only if the operators are willing to support them, will they dare to start production.

Lin Chih-chieh, a second-generation laying hen from Australia, says that his family started with traditional farming, and he felt deeply that "if you don't care about the life and quality of life of chickens, it is impossible to give consumers good eggs." he saw that foreign countries have made rapid progress in abolishing lattice cages, but the Taiwan government has never had active policy support, Lin said. "farmers have to work very hard to find their own way. Carrefour Group is willing to draw up policies from channel operators, which is really very important to farmers. Farmers who are kind to animals really need consumer support in order to change the industry. "

Agency: volunteer to assist enterprises to conduct audit visits to promote the transformation of the egg industry

Chen Yumin, deputy chief executive of the Taiwan Animal Society Research Association, which promotes Carrefour's purchase of friendly laying hens, said that the agency has been concerned about animal welfare for years and helped egg farmers transform. This time, it assisted Carrefour to engage with egg farmers, assess whether the farm complied with friendly animal guidelines, selected suitable washing sites, and conducted irregular audits to ensure that production was consistent with supply, and there was no "asshole" phenomenon. Chen Yumin said that the agency provides free enterprise assistance to ensure that the evaluation operates independently.

Chen Yumin says that many egg farmers in Taiwan are preparing for transformation, and many large factories are also investing in friendly farming, and some feed manufacturers will even invest in large-scale grazing and flat feeding, indicating that animal welfare food will gradually become the mainstream.

International organizations: non-cage-fed eggs will be the future trend

Aaron Ross, vice chairman of the Policy and Strategy of ─ Open Wings Alliance (OWA) International Alliance, which is composed of 53 animal protection organizations from 50 countries around the world, said at a press conference: Taiwan Carrefour opened a precedent for Taiwan quantity hotel to promise to purchase friendly eggs, which is very commendable and will cause a chain reaction in Asia.

He pointed out that more than 500 large food industries and operators around the world have formulated a policy period for the comprehensive procurement and sale of "non-cage" eggs, and "non-cage feeding" will be the trend in the future. Countries including Germany, Austria and Switzerland have announced a total ban on "cage feeding". He warned that all catering groups in Taiwan should keep up with the global pace as soon as possible.

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