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Media Resources
Common Questions in The Poultry Industry: A Media Resource is a sheet of FAQs specially prepared for media. These FAQs cover a wide range of issues of relevance in the poultry industry, including hormones, antibiotics, beak treatment, welfare, avian influenza, and Salmonella. Please note that this resource includes questions on both poultry meat and eggs. More information on eggs can be found on this site, and if more information on poultry meat is desired, visit http://www.pianz.org.nz/
Footage of Layer Farms in New Zealand
To view footage of cage, free-range and barn production systems in New Zealand, click here to go to our Farming Types page. This footage was taken in 2006, and is available in multiple formats on request. Please contact Vanessa Wintle on 09 520 4300 to request this footage.
Statements/Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the North Harbour News on the 28th of April, 2008, discussing egg production in New Zealand.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to Organic New Zealand on the 29th of February, 2008, discussing cage egg production, animal welfare and beak treatment in egg production in New Zealand.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the North Harbour News on the 29th of February, 2008, discussing beak treatment and animal welfare in egg production in New Zealand.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Kapiti News on the 21st of December, 2007, discussing cage sizes and beak treatment in egg production in New Zealand.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Sunday Star-Times on the 23rd of October, 2007, discussing egg yolk colour and labelling on egg cartons.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Kapi-Mana News on the 19th of November, 2007, discussing animal welfare monitoring in egg production in New Zealand.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Wanganui Chronicle on the 7th of November, 2007, discussing beak treatment and animal welfare in egg production in New Zealand.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Wanganui Midweek on the 2nd of August, 2007, discussing cage egg production footage.
Press Release (GPs Start Prescribing Eggs: New Data Published in Nutrition and Dietetics Journal), as released by the Australian Egg Corporation Limited.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to New Zealand Lifestyle Farmer on the 24th of May 2007, discussing cage production systems in New Zealand.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to Coast & County on the 27th of April 2007, discussing cage production systems in New Zealand and overseas.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to The Courier on the 28th of March, 2007, discussing issues surrounding beak treatment.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Hawkes Bay Today on the 19th of February 2007, making it clear that the recently-publicised egg farm of disrepute in Auckland is not an EPF member.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Timaru Herald on the 16th of February, 2007, making it clear that the recently-publicised egg farm of disrepute in Auckland is not an EPF member.
Letter to the Editor, as published in the Papakura Courier, 16 February 2007, reiterating that "the EPF does not support producers who do not meet regulatory standards and animal welfare standards as set out in the Layer Hen Code of Welfare".
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Timaru Herald on the 9th of February, 2007, in response to allegations about layer hens and beak treatment.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Manawatu Standard on the 9th of February, 2007, in response to statements by animal rights activist Mark Eden.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Otago Daily Times on the 9th of February, 2007, in response to allegations about cage hens.
Letter to the Editor, as published in the Nelson Mail and the Marlborough Express on the 26th of January, 2007, in response to claims about free-range eggs in Australia.
Letter to the Editor by Hon. Jim Anderton: 'Research Continues on Alternative Housing For Hens". This letter was published in Straight Furrow, in response to claims by a reader.
Press Release: Licensed Producers - "We Don't Support Bad Eggs" (15 January 2007)
Executive Director Statement (Michael Brooks, 2 November 2006)
Press Release: Egg Producers Federation Supports Government Decision on the Layer Hen Welfare Code (27 July 2006)
A response to Dave Cheyne's article 'Not All Eggs Are Created Equal', as published in Mountain Scene on the 21st of September 2006.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Otago Daily Times, 9 February 2006, correcting statements made regarding beak treatment.
Letter to the Editor, as sent to the Marlborough Express, 22 January 2006, discussing the definition of free-range eggs and whether there were eggs that were being passed off as free-range in Australia when they were not produced by free-range chickens.
Articles/Links
Biosecurity NZ coverage of EPF's Welfare Code Posters (31 March 2006)
Resources for Media
The EPF welcomes contact from the media. Feel free to contact EPF Executive Director Michael Brooks by phone on +64 09 520 4300 or by mobile on +64 027 221 8228.
To locate footage for media usage of barn, cage and free-range farms, please contact the office on the above number.
The following images are also available for usage:
Chickens
Eggs
Logos
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