Question 10061 — breeding

Summary

Ms. Marie-Agnès Poussier-Winsback draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to the marketing, in France, of eggs imported from Ukraine containing antibiotic residues banned within the European Union. Several official alerts issued by the European Union Rapid Alert Network for Food and Feed (RASFF) in April 2025, then on July 24 and 28, 2025, have highlighted the presence of residues of nitrofurans and metronidazole in these imports. However, in Europe, these substances are strictly prohibited for all animal foods, due to the serious health risks they present for the health of consumers. Beyond the health issue, the egg inter-professional association (CNPO) denounces the unfair competition induced by these practices, which weakens the poultry industry. French and threatens the investments of breeders in our territories. Indeed, French producers are subject to demanding standards that certain imports do not meet. Thus, while the French poultry industry is committed to only marketing eggs resulting from ovosexing in order to avoid the elimination of male chicks, Ukrainian production does not necessarily meet this standard. Furthermore, these Production can come from cage farming, also below minimum European standards. She therefore asks what measures the Government intends to take to strengthen health controls on eggs imported from Ukraine, in particular with regard to the screening of prohibited substances and the monitoring of salmonella, to guarantee the transparency of the results of these controls among professionals in the sector as well as in the general public and, finally, defend the competitiveness of the French poultry industry within the framework of the revision of the agreement aimed at gradually integrating Ukraine into the single European market.

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