Question 9472 — breeding

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In France, as in all Member States, the conditions of slaughter and killing of animals are governed by European Regulation No. 1099/2009 of September 29, 2009, relating to the protection of animals at the time of their killing. This regulation authorizes the killing of chicks by the crushing method provided that the method used results in immediate crushing and therefore immediate death of the animal. To this end, the The equipment used must comply with essential parameters also defined by the regulations. However, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food has the ambition to work towards an evolution towards breeding and slaughter practices that are ever more respectful of animal welfare. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has adopted a strategy based on five pillars: innovate - train - support - control/sanction - inform, at each link in the chain. Innovation occupies an important place since it must make it possible to provide breeders in particular with alternative methods that are more respectful of animal welfare. It is in this context that the Ministry of Agriculture and Food is supporting a project of sexing embryos before hatching of eggs, using a non-invasive technique, which does not alter the shell, to the tune of 4.3 million euros. nor the embryo. The prototype must be stable, then developed on an industrial level and finally deployed in the sector. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food will then have all the elements enabling it to make regulatory changes regarding the killing of male chicks in hatcheries. With regard to developments in Germany in this same area, it should be noted that the German Government strongly supports the routine deployment of an invasive sexing technique before hatching on each egg, which is not feasible in practice in France, given the production volumes. To the knowledge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, this technique has not yet been implemented in hatcheries and no decision to ban grinding has been taken to date.

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