Mary Wilson
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Posted Yesterday at 9:10pm, updated 23h ago
By Daniel Miles
The avian outbreak in Victoria put the clamps on Mr Humpage's family-owned operation last week, although there had been no trace of the virus among the pasture-raised birds on his property.
"The order that we received last Tuesday night really threw everyone into a bit of a scramble, you know," Mr Humpage told ABC Victorian Mornings.
That order was to hold all eggs on his farm for at least 28 days from the first recorded case of avian influenza (AI) in May.
At the same time, Coles supermarkets across Australia, with the exception of WA, had put a limit on the number of eggs that shoppers could take home. ...
That order was reversed on Tuesday morning. ...
Victoria is the third-largest egg-producing state in Australia, and the Victorian Farmers Federation said about one in 16 egg-laying chickens had been destroyed, reducing the state's supply by about 450,000 eggs a day.
There are five confirmed outbreaks across the south-west of Victoria, impacting around 800,000 birds. ...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06...an-chicken-farmer-supermarket-limit/103962690
By Daniel Miles
- In short: Egg farmers near the avian influenza outbreak area in south-west Victoria have been permitted to deliver some stockpiled eggs.
- Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said around 1 million hens had been euthanased or otherwise affected, representing around 4 per cent of the national flock.
- What's next? The Farmers Federation says it wouldn't be surprised to see more infected farms near the outbreak zone.
The avian outbreak in Victoria put the clamps on Mr Humpage's family-owned operation last week, although there had been no trace of the virus among the pasture-raised birds on his property.
"The order that we received last Tuesday night really threw everyone into a bit of a scramble, you know," Mr Humpage told ABC Victorian Mornings.
That order was to hold all eggs on his farm for at least 28 days from the first recorded case of avian influenza (AI) in May.
At the same time, Coles supermarkets across Australia, with the exception of WA, had put a limit on the number of eggs that shoppers could take home. ...
That order was reversed on Tuesday morning. ...
Victoria is the third-largest egg-producing state in Australia, and the Victorian Farmers Federation said about one in 16 egg-laying chickens had been destroyed, reducing the state's supply by about 450,000 eggs a day.
There are five confirmed outbreaks across the south-west of Victoria, impacting around 800,000 birds. ...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06...an-chicken-farmer-supermarket-limit/103962690