Canada – 2aii. Animal Welfare Legislation – Federal – Criminal Code – Health of Animals Regulations
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The OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) has updated its Code on the inactivation of Avian Influenza in egg products, and for the first time has included time and temperature regimes for egg yolk.
The OIE has started work on producing global guidelines for laying hen housing systems. This will form part of the OIE’s complete Code for terrestrial animals, with laying hens being the only sector not currently covered by the OIE’s Code.
The current advice that vulnerable groups should avoid raw or lightly cooked eggs was set in the late 1980s, following …