Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, said that the washing policy will be gradually expanded. This year, breakfast restaurants, catering, and bakery businesses will first try to use washed eggs to accelerate industrial upgrading.

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[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Taipei Report] Only half of Taiwan’s eggs have been washed, and the bulk eggs sold in traditional channels are often clinging to feathers or chicken manure. There are hygiene concerns. Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, said that the washing policy will be gradually expanded This year, breakfast shops, catering, and bakery businesses will first try to use washed eggs, and next year it will be legally regulated to accelerate industrial upgrading.

At present, the seven major channels such as campuses, the national army, supermarkets, supermarkets, mass merchandisers, hypermarkets, and online shopping are forced to use egg washing. Chen Jizhong said that breakfast restaurants, catering operators, and the baking industry will adopt a gradual approach. The washing rate hopes to increase from From 50% to 80%, animal welfare eggs are not forced to be washed; Deputy Chairman Du Wenzhen added that the bakery industry has a high willingness to fully use washed eggs, and the breakfast industry will first promote it from large chain operators.

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Wu Qingde, chairman of Maosheng Agricultural Economics Co., Ltd., pointed out that there is an absurd phenomenon in China that a box of washed eggs (200 eggs per box) is sold for 1,200 yuan, which is lower than 1,400 yuan for a box of loose eggs; Dacheng Han Fanghao, general manager of the group, said that if the government is willing to expand washing channels, the market demand for washed eggs will increase, and companies will be more willing to invest.

Chen Jizhong pointed out that he will promote the graded pricing of egg products, and guide the contract production between egg merchants and egg farmers, the unified import and export of laying hen farms and the batch production model, so as to accelerate the upgrading of the industrial structure.