France: Denormandie announces the end of chick crushing in 2022

Published 2021년 7월 19일

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The Minister of Agriculture in France is making promises to end the killing of male chicks by 2022, joining a dozen other EU member states in this initiative. A draft decree is expected to be released by the end of the summer, requiring all hen hatcheries to install sex detection machines by January 1, 2022. These machines will be installed in two-thirds of the country's production by the end of the first quarter of 2022, with financial support from the government. The egg industry is currently discussing ways to offset the additional costs incurred by this ban. The European Commission will assess the proposal as part of an expected impact study.

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Updated July 20, 2021 The Minister of Agriculture promises "the end of the crushing of male chicks" by 2022. A draft decree is expected at the end of the summer. A dozen member states of the European Union are following in the footsteps of France. © L.B. "As of January 1, 2022, all hen hatcheries must have installed or ordered machines to detect the sex of chicks in the egg, before hatching," said Julien Denormandie in an interview with Le Parisien dated Sunday. Objective: to put an end to the elimination by crushing of "50 million male chicks just after their birth each year in France". In early 2020, France announced that it wanted to "ban the crushing of chicks by the end of 2021". Germany passed a law in May banning the crushing of male chicks from January 1, 2022. Financial support In France, "the Council of State will be seized at the end of the summer of a draft decree specifying these new obligations", assured Mr. Denormandie, and the devices "will have to be installed and ...

Source: Terres et Territoires