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Philippines intensifies
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n 198 cases recorded since January
TO counter the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the country, the Phil- ippines Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry vowed to continue prioritisa- tion of immediate infor- mation dissemination, thorough disease in- vestigation, immediate culling and proper dis- posal of all remaining birds in affected farms, together with intensive surveillance in the 1km quarantine zone around the infected farms and heightened transport re- quirements for poultry commodities, requiring negative AI tests and other documents.
Carbon neutral eggs from insect-fed hens debut in UK
DA-BAI officer in charge Reildrin Mo- rales said, “The BAI
Since then, a total of 198 cases were re- corded nationwide, re- sulting in the mortality of 182,968 heads and the culling of 1,267,055 poultries.
According to Morrisons head of agriculture So- phie Throup, the super- market’s customers con- sider the environmental impact of the food they eat and want affordable
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and offices, the DA- BAI also reports to the Department of Health Epidemiology Bureau and the World Or- ganisation for Animal Health on the current status of AI in the Phil- ippines.
THE United Kingdom’s fourth largest super- market chain Morrisons has launched its own brand of carbon neutral eggs.
The insects that feed the hens are produced in a what is called a mini farm, supplied by insect farm company Better Origin.
zero emission produce. She continued that the company was thrilled that after 18 months of hard work, the eggs were
rather the usual red.
A pack of six Planet Friendly Eggs retails for
Private laboratories have also been granted permission to conduct AI testing through the DA Memorandum Cir- cular No 28 series of 2022 to help alleviate the burden of govern- ment laboratories due to the influx of sam- ples, the ministry said in a press release.
While carbon neutral eggs have been available in the UK for some time, the Morrisons offering – branded Planet Friendly Eggs – is thought to be the first instance that carbon neutral eggs have been launched as an own brand in the country.
Each container can help to feed 32,000 free range hens and receives three metric tons of waste from the company’s fruit and vegetable site each week. More than chicken feed
six eggs advertised on Morrisons’ website at the time of writing was six free range eggs, retailing for $A1.80.
Aside from regular consultation and coor- dination with the poul- try industry stakehold- ers and coordination with the DA Regional Field Offices, local government units and other related agencies
The AI outbreak was confirmed to have en- tered the Philippines in January 2022.
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It also has a large wind turbine, solar panels and a carbon sequestration program to offset any remaining emissions on the farm, which has 20 percent of its area planted with trees.
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In a memorandum dated August 1, the DA-BAI confirmed the presence of Asian avi- an influenza subtype H5N1 in 17 provinces throughout the country.
What’s more, the eggs come from hens fed on on-farm produced in- sects.
However, the egg farm is not simply endowed with an insect farm.
As part of the supermar- ket chain’s commitment to be directly supplied by zero-emissions UK farms by 2030, Morrisons has been looking at net-zero carbon farm models, and Planet Friendly Eggs are the first product to come out of these models.
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