A decree published Thursday specifies the derogations of the prohibition of grinding and gassing of male chicks, which comes into force in early January. The elimination of males after hatching will always be authorized in the white chicken sector.
by mathilde gérard
The previous five -year term of Emmanuel Macron had led to two commitments in terms of breeding animals: stopping the lively castration of piglets and the prohibition of the elimination of male chicks by grinding or gasage , a practice carried out on 50 million specimens each year, justified until then by the fact that male chicks have no use in the layer of laying hens.
But the ban, which was to be effective in early 2022 before being postponed by one year, will only be partial. A few weeks before the entry into force, scheduled for 1 er 2023, a Order published Thursday December 8 in the Official Journal specifies the framework of the expected exemptions: in the White Chickens sector, for which ovosexing techniques (detection From the sex of the embryos in the egg) are different from that of the brown hens, the elimination of male chicks, after hatching, will always be possible by gas and will be used for animal feed. According to figures from the interprofession of eggs, they are 15 % of the hens in France whose male chicks can always be eliminated.
“It is such a broad exemption that it is no longer an exemption, denounces Agathe Gignoux, officials of public affairs within the compassion in World Farming (CIWF). In fact, we set up Two different rules: on the one hand, we prohibit the elimination of the “brothers” of the brown hens; on the other, it is allowed for the “brothers” of the white hens, with a gassing technique which remains painful, Even if it is less impressive than grinding. “At the beginning of November, in front of the representatives of the egg sector, the Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau greeted a” major advance in matters of animal welfare “, a” commitment kept “and A “collective success”.
measure “at a discount”
the association L214 , who demonstrated on Wednesday before the Ministry of Agriculture with parliamentarians, denounces an “at a discount” measure. “The advances for animals are already few, so if in addition they are crippled …”, deplores its co -founder Brigitte Gothière.
The production of white chicken eggs, more productive than the Gallus Gallus brown hens, is mainly used in the food processing (for example for prepared cookies and dishes) and catering, in the form of “ovoproducts” ( Liquids, dried, etc.), which represent half of egg consumption in France. The “shell eggs”, sold directly to the consumer, are almost entirely from brown chickens.
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