Sale of eggs from local N&N Agriculture Farm suspended for antibiotic residues

[MarrickG]

Heard that the owner of the farm is a PRC. Wonder if it is the truth.

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s food safety watchdog has suspended the sale of eggs produced by a local farm, N & N Agriculture Farm.

The Agri—Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said it found residues of an antibiotic called doxycycline in the eggs.

It has immediately suspended N & N Agriculture Farm from selling its eggs and taking any birds or eggs out of the farm.

The move comes after a routine surveillance tests on local poultry farms on Saturday.

All eggs produced on the farm will be destroyed under AVA’s supervision.

The suspension will remain in place and only be lifted when AVA is satisfied that the farm has fully complied with AVA’s requirements.

Supermarkets and other retailers have started to take the eggs off the shelf.

AVA said those who may have consumed N & N eggs recently need not be alarmed.

It said the levels of doxycycline in the eggs that tested positive were low and will not have any adverse health effect unless consumed over a prolonged period.

Taking such eggs occasionally or over a short term will not be a concern.

Consumers who have bought N & N eggs are advised not to consume them.

N & N Agriculture Farm produces about nine per cent of Singapore’s total egg supply.

AVA said there will not be any impact on the supply of eggs.

Eggs from other local farms and accredited farms in Malaysia can easily make up for any shortfall.

AVA said other local and imported eggs continue to be safe for consumption.

Singapore consumes about four million eggs a day with about 23 per cent from the local farms.

In general, antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections.

When chickens are under treatment, the eggs are not allowed to be sold.

Doxycycline can be used in poultry under proper dosage regimes and withdrawal periods.

A withdrawal period between the treatment of the chickens and the sale of eggs from the treated chickens must be complied with to ensure that no doxycycline residues are found in the eggs. — CNA/vm

 

[Watchman]

As usual they love to fuck the local business up .

And they like to import foreign ones with a special tax imposed .

We need to have a third party analyst done to check all this government AVA for bias .

 

[saratogas]

Worrying man I just had 2 prata with egg. Will the prataman be so kind to destroy those dangerous eggs at his own expense?

 

[Watchman]

Worrying man I just had 2 prata with egg. Will the prataman be so kind to destroy those dangerous eggs at his own expense?

No issue .

He might be using black market eggs at the
rate of increase of 30 cents per 30 tray .

 

[saratogas]

No issue .

He might be using black market eggs at the
rate of increase of 30 cents per 30 tray .

Geylang's chicken eggs...

 

[BusNo64]

Why sgp got so much problem one?

Has God left the country?

Moronic TeeKee, maybe u din pray hard enough...or maybe god dont listen to fake xtian like u

 

[manokie]

Why sgp got so much problem one?

Has God left the country?

Do you view Guan Yu as a God? He's in your profile pic.

 

[halsey02]

Worrying man I just had 2 prata with egg. Will the prataman be so kind to destroy those dangerous eggs at his own expense?

All business, maximze profits, minimize costs....who knows prataman eggs may have been smuggled in from outside SINgapore...

They mention destroying the eggs...but the antibiotics are fed to the chicken who lay the eggs...shouldn't the chickens be destroyed also? who come first? the egg or the chicken?:p