The Council of Agriculture said that it has coordinated with processors and producers to continue dispatching raw eggs. In the past week, 1,000 to 3,000 boxes will be dispatched per day to fully supply people's livelihood needs before the festival.

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[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Report from Taipei] H5N1 and H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza are widespread worldwide, and the epidemic situation in Japan, South Korea, the United States and Europe is severe. As of yesterday (4th), a total of 51 poultry farms in Taiwan have been diagnosed with avian influenza, including 3 laying hen farms. The outside world is concerned about the supply of eggs. The Council of Agriculture said today that the current daily egg production is about 120,000 boxes (200 eggs per box). In view of the increase in egg consumption demand before the Lunar New Year and the frequent scheduling of egg merchants, it has coordinated with processors and production to continue scheduling For raw eggs, 1,000 to 3,000 boxes will be dispatched every day in the last week to fully supply people's livelihood needs before the holiday.

According to the Council of Agriculture, according to the survey and statistics of the Chicken Association of the Republic of China, there are currently about 35 million laying hens, and old hens account for about 30%. Affected, the daily production of eggs is about 120,000 boxes.

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According to the monitoring of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Epidemic Prevention and Quarantine, on December 26 last year, one case of H5N1 laying hens was detected in Changhua and one in Tainan, and H5N2 was detected in Changhua on December 27 last year. In one field of laying hens, a total of 55,885 laying hens were culled. The epidemic situation will be closely monitored in the future to avoid industrial losses caused by the spread of the epidemic.

Due to the loss of laying hens due to extreme weather and epidemic diseases in 2021, in order to accelerate the resumption of the laying hen industry, the Council of Agriculture said that it has guided laying hen farms to increase production and imports of breeders to meet the practical needs of the industry and increase egg production.

Since last year, the monthly supply of egg chicks has reached 2 million, and about 1.7 million chickens in eggs have been bred every month. The structure of laying hens has been gradually updated. This year, the number of imported layer breeders will increase. In the future, the monthly supply of egg chickens will increase. Gradually reach more than 2.3 million to speed up the adjustment of laying hens.

The Council of Agriculture emphasized that in recent years, the consumption of eggs by Chinese people has increased, and the egg industry structure and supply chain are undergoing changes and adjustments. Domestic egg production and sales are mainly for domestic demand, while imported eggs account for less than 0.5%. Egg sales and sales are mainly domestic egg deployment and exchange With or without.

As the Lunar New Year is approaching, the Council of Agriculture said that at present, most egg processors have completed stocking ahead of schedule.

In order to meet the needs of people's livelihood before the festival, egg merchants have been coordinated to strengthen horizontal scheduling and processors to schedule raw eggs. Jiang Wenquan, deputy director of the Animal Husbandry Department, said that currently about 1,000 to 3,000 boxes of eggs are scheduled with processors per day to fully supply the needs of various channels .