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Free range eggs. What?
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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel" data-source="post: 3384382" data-attributes="member: 315"><p>It may be that the definition of free range should allow for a housing period between September and March based on what strains of AI have been found where.</p><p></p><p>In truth if we look at it objectively a commercial flock can benefit from not going outside when it is cold and wet. Indeed no one thinks a dairy farmer cruel if he houses his cattle October to March. They think it a sensible course of action.</p><p></p><p>I realise you dislike commercial egg production, but the fact is, people have to eat, they do not all wish to keep 6 chickens in their back garden, and the retailers will not pay a penny more than they can get away with. This leads to large scale production. The key thing is that bird welfare is maintained, and when visitors come to our site and have the process explained they are always happy with it. Misinformation spreads fear.</p><p></p><p>The reason we have them shut in is because of the fear that AI could mutate and jump species to humans, no government is going to prioritise labelling concerns over that.</p><p></p><p>If the science says keep them indoors into March, and I sincerely hope it doesn't, then there should be a derogation on labelling. Then, a proper contingency plans can be established for next year and the year after etc. Whether that be insisting packers hold alternative labelling (expensive and complex) or accepting that actually, a well managed shut in while the weather is crap, isn't the end of the world, and should only happen in high threat years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel, post: 3384382, member: 315"] It may be that the definition of free range should allow for a housing period between September and March based on what strains of AI have been found where. In truth if we look at it objectively a commercial flock can benefit from not going outside when it is cold and wet. Indeed no one thinks a dairy farmer cruel if he houses his cattle October to March. They think it a sensible course of action. I realise you dislike commercial egg production, but the fact is, people have to eat, they do not all wish to keep 6 chickens in their back garden, and the retailers will not pay a penny more than they can get away with. This leads to large scale production. The key thing is that bird welfare is maintained, and when visitors come to our site and have the process explained they are always happy with it. Misinformation spreads fear. The reason we have them shut in is because of the fear that AI could mutate and jump species to humans, no government is going to prioritise labelling concerns over that. If the science says keep them indoors into March, and I sincerely hope it doesn't, then there should be a derogation on labelling. Then, a proper contingency plans can be established for next year and the year after etc. Whether that be insisting packers hold alternative labelling (expensive and complex) or accepting that actually, a well managed shut in while the weather is crap, isn't the end of the world, and should only happen in high threat years. [/QUOTE]
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