Minister of Agriculture Alon Schuster does not rule out increasing egg production quotas in old and unregulated chicken coops 

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Agriculture Minister Alon Schuster does not rule out increasing egg production quotas in the old "garbage cans" as a solution to egg shortages. This is despite the warnings of the chief veterinarian of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Tamir Goshen, against a health disaster and a high likelihood of evacuating communities if such a step is taken. 

"Schuster spoke with the chief veterinarian even before he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and expressed disapproval at the derogatory and derisive terminology in dedicated farmers," Shuster's office said in response to Israel Today's request. However, it is stated that "Schuster understands the importance of upgrading Loli's upgrading processes and the importance of maintaining public health. After a thorough study of the issue, a policy will be decided to find the right path and the right balance between maintaining public health and maintaining farmers' livelihoods and ensuring production capacity. Local of the State of Israel. "

Schuster refers to a letter revealed a month ago in "Israel Today" by the Acting Veterinary Service Director, Dr. Tamir Goshen, and Chief Medical Officer of Chicken Health, Dr. Ram Katz, who warned Agriculture Minister Zahi Hanegbi at the time about "a public health disaster , Whose probability of occurrence is higher than the probability of the corona eruption. "   

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Goshen and Katz strongly attacked COP President Samuel Levitt, making it clear that his initiative to increase egg marketing from junk food would prevent them from controlling and controlling the spread of disease. "Domestic production is not foreseeable," they clarified, mentioning the bird flu virus that erupted in Israel - 2006.

They say, "There is no question of whether such a virus will return to Israel, but when. If this scenario comes to fruition, it will be impossible to control the spread of avian influenza in unregulated dumps (trash cans, HC), and because of their location - the risk of infecting a person will cause For evacuating localities. "

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Chief veterinarian and poultry health officer backed Agriculture Secretary Shlomo Ben Eliyahu, who strongly opposed allowing old chicken breeders to increase the number of eggs and recommended opening the market for imports. On the other hand, Schuster recently expressed (before being appointed minister) his ambition to grow Production of blue-and-white eggs at the expense of imports ", but according to him, at present, the needs of the Israeli economy cannot be satisfied only from domestic production, and therefore the quotas will be increased by the" garbage cans ". 

It should be noted that three weeks ago, we revealed that the Treasury recommends abolishing the production quota regime in the coop industry and opening the egg market for overseas competition. The document, signed by Eli Morganstern - water coordinator, agriculture and port, reads: "Our professional position is that the The Coal Council Act and the abolition of the quota regime that is applied in this industry, much like most countries in the world. "

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