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Poultry Industry Calendar of Events
2020
JAN 28-30 – International Production & Processing Expo, Atlanta, US www. ippexpo.org
FEB 16-19 – Australian Poultry Science Symposium (APSS), Sydney NSW www.apss2020.com.au
MAR 25-26 – APF Poultry Nutrition Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand E: nmukhtar@uaar.edu.pk
MAR 25-27 – Mediterranean Poultry Summit, Cordoba, Spain www.mpn- wpsa.org/spain2020
APR 8-9 – National Poultry Show, London, Canada www. westernfairdistrict.com/national- poultry-show
MAY 17-19 – PIX/AMC, Gold Coast www.pixamc.com.au
MAY 26-28 – Meat, Fish, Seafood & Poultry Summit, Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center, Moskovskaya, Russia www.10times. com/meat-fish-seafood-poultry- summit
JUN 5-9 – National Poultry Show, Sydney, NSW www.rasnsw.com.au
AUG 16-20 – World Poultry Congress, Paris, France www.wpcparis2020.com
NOV 4-5 – Poultry Xpo, Stratford, Canada www.poultryxpo.ca
Traceability in the egg industry
WITH outbreaks of dis- ease comes the need to find the source, hence, traceability.
A number of produc- ers have spoken with me about traceability re- quirements and also the systems they have put in place to ensure business integrity and accountabil- ity of product.
The ‘Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 4.2.5 – Primary Production and Procession Standard for Eggs and Egg Product’ states an egg processor must have a system to identify from whom eggs were or egg pulp was re- ceived; and to whom eggs or egg product was sup- plied.
Such information allows for traceability.
Under the same code, an egg producer must not sell eggs unless each individu- al egg is marked with the producer’s unique identi- fication code.
Thorough record keep- ing and egg stamping reg- ulations have been made
and these methods have helped producers ensure records can be produced of egg movement from the farmgate in the event of an audit.
Traceability is simple with the implementation of such steps.
In NSW, producers gen- erating less than 20 dozen eggs in a week and retail selling direct from their farmgate have an exemp- tion from auditing pur- poses.
A number of years ago, breakthrough research was undertaken by the egg industry to focus on provenance.
Though there was not
uptake at that time by our industry, the pork industry uses this testing system and it has also been used by the seafood sector,
particularly in the prawn industry.
On-farm stamping can be cost prohibitive and so after understanding practices implemented by producers, stamping at central packing areas is a possible solution.
If traders buy ungrad- ed eggs, these would be stamped at the grading floor.
These practices are standard operating proce- dures in some businesses and through auditing of eggs coming in from a particular production sys- tem and the number sent
out, numbers are recon- ciled.
Egg Farmers of Aus- tralia is conducting workshops in a number of states to discuss the lead government agency pertaining to outbreaks of salmonella enteritidis, and in creating a preparedness plan, traceability has also been raised.
Some states are focused more broadly on food traceability and Austral- ian Eggs has research be- ing conducted pertaining to methods to support en- hanced traceability.
by MELINDA HASHIMOTO CEO
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