New hygiene regulation on poultry farms in Korea
Last year, a series of avian influenza and sales of eggs contaminated with harmful insecticides have stirred up the concerns of the Korean consumers.
The new regulation requires local farms to give space to layer chickens larger than 0.075 square meters, up from the current 0.05 square meter, informs The Korea Herald. New rules will be enforced from July to all the new facilities while the existing ones are allowed until 2025 to implement the new measure.
Most local poultry farms raise egg-laying hens in battery cages smaller than an A4 sheet of paper, barely over the minimum requirement. According to experts keeping birds in such close confinement enables the disease to spread rapidly.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs also aid that will support the merger of small poultry farms to maintain at least 500 meters between them and prohibit the opening new ones within 3 kilometers from winter sites of migratory birds, which are believed to be the cause of avian influenza strains being found in the country.
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