The must-eat in winter is ginger duck. Although there have been three outbreaks of bird flu in duck farms, the Council of Agriculture stated that the supply of ducks is normal.

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[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Taipei Report] The Bureau of Prevention and Inspection of the Council of Agriculture announced today (7th) that there were H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in two new muscovy duck farms. There are 3 duck farms with highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemics. At present, more than 20,000 ducks have been culled. Now is the peak season for eating ginger ducks. The deputy chairman of the Agricultural Committee Jin Cheng said that all the culled ducks are young ducks. The meat ducks in this season have been bred before, and it seems that the supply will not be affected at present.

The H5N1 bird flu is a global pandemic. In the United States and Europe, local eggs and chicken have skyrocketed. The average price of an egg in the United States has risen to 9 yuan. Europe once imposed a restriction on eggs. People can only buy a certain number of eggs. Taiwan At present, there are 3 duck farms that have outbreaks of bird flu. The 2 new duck farms are in Luzhu, Kaohsiung, and Guantian, Tainan, and they raise Muscovy ducks.

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Because winter is the season to eat ginger ducks, eating hot ginger ducks is almost the standard in Taiwan. With the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in 3 duck farms, people are worried whether they will not be able to eat ginger in winter. For female ducks, Changjiang Wenquan, deputy director of the Animal Husbandry Department of the Agricultural Committee, said that the current production schedule of ducks is normal. He said that ducks are seasonally produced and year-round poultry products. Ducks are mainly produced in summer, while consumption It is mostly in winter, so the ducks currently eaten are all duck meat that has been scheduled to be produced before, and the ducks currently culled only account for a small number of the total number of ducks.

Jiang Wenquan further pointed out that in terms of duck dishes commonly eaten in Taiwan, the Beijing duck with thick skin and soft meat (commonly known as cherry duck) is used for Peking duck, while the duck with thin skin and lean meat is used for ginger duck. Muscovy duck.

At present, the bird flu epidemic in Europe and the United States is serious, and our breeding eggs are imported from Europe and the United States. The Council of Agriculture stated that the import of breeding eggs is normal at present, and it is also considering the restoration of the previous flexible import measures, including the measures through bilateral recognition. Let specific Egg farms can import eggs.