Boston, MA (Business Wire) 23 September 2010

The following is a statement by William Bell, Executive Director of the Maine chapter of the New England Brown Egg Council.

????’ brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh “is a term well known in New England. Consumers can be confident that their New England brown eggs are safe.

most New England? s brown eggs are produced in Maine and that the Food and Drug Administration for inspections nationally egg producers and the Congress wants to earn more to learn about the situation that occurred in Iowa started the consumer know what happened in Maine? s poultry farms. Not a single brown egg was found with the recall of eggs in the news. But the Maine chapter of the Board of Brown eggs? that do not contain DeCoster Egg Farm? recognizes and deplores the recent recall of eggs and supports measures to ensure safe food. We support the bill for the food security and are pleased to partner with the FDA to further delay the implementation that allow our programs even stronger.

Maine is home to one of the best safety programs in the eggs, and the only state program that is mandatory. The heart of our security eggs Maine SE risk reduction and monitoring program for commercial egg-type stoves. This program, which surpasses even the new law passed by the FDA in July, requires a constant testing of flocks, extensive testing and cleaning of stalls, and the vaccination of chickens. Overall, the New England produce more than two billion (thatâ ™ s dollars, with breakfast!) Eggs per year.

consumers have the right to know more about where their food comes from, it is fresh, and safe. How do you know that your eggs are safe from Maine? young chickens on the farm already arrived in Maine certified free of SE. However, young birds with Salmonella enteritidis (SE), inoculated the strain of salmonella illnesses in humans. Maine is the only state in the country to the government for such a vaccine, which is increasingly proven very effective and is more than what the FDA requires. The birds were in barns, which placed completely cleaned after the previous Flocka? The departure of. In Maine, it means that 10 days guarding the hen house empty while workers clean and prepare for the next flock, and the state can not guarantee that the installation is free of SE. Maine also reviews the conditions in the plants every month, and a mandatory meeting to discuss the manager how further improvements can be made. This cooperative, proactive approach, with producers, veterinarians, inspectors and the University of Maine as part of the success of Maine to work? Program s.


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SE risk reduction and control program is approved by the State, as well as the programa? Founder of the University of Maine poultry pathologist Dr. H. Michael Opitz in retirement. This program has been described in detail in an editorial in Egg Industry Magazine (November 2009). Today it is a center of attention :? ??? Iowa’s said Democratic candidate for Secretary of Agriculture, it would create a regulatory framework for food security in the egg industry, a guarantee ???????? Noting that it mirrors Maine? s egg safety program.

More importantly, said Dr. Donald Hoenig, Maine state veterinarian, that in the history of 20 years plus of risk reduction and SE monitoring program, there was not a man together case of salmonella in eggs disease in Maine. On 16 September 2010, he told the Associated Press :? ??? I wouldnâ Â hesitate, buy eggs from a farm in Maine ????. Period.â? Dr. Hoenig is a regulator of the agri-industry? Not hardly. He is a past president of the United States Animal Health Association, whose aim is â? The control of animal diseases in the United States.â? He is a member of the American Veterinary Medicine Association of? Board of public health and regulatory medicine and was honored with an Association of Veterinary Surgeons in Maine? S Service Award.

guidelines that producers of Maine activities is very simple: a clean bird ????. in clean houses And to be sure, Vaccinate.â? We are pleased and proud to provide New England with brown eggs. We also appreciate the opportunity to assure you that these eggs are not only local and fresh, but also safe. “


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