Egg Quality Assurance Program
(Continued from Pag* A2l)
The benefits of participating in
this program are many. Participat
ing producers are:
• Reducing the risk of market
ing contaminated eggs.
• Helping to maintain consumer
confidence in table eggs.
■ Reducing liability exposure
for human outbreaks of SE.
• Improving quality of eggs
being marketed.
• Being responsible farmers and
business people.
The PEQAP is sponsored by the
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation.
The program is being supported by
the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, Penn State Universi
ty, University of Pennsylvania,
Maryland
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dis Pilot Project, and United States
Department of Agriculture. The
program is an excellent model on
how farmers, industry leaders, uni
versity faculty, and government
can work together to solve a major
problem.
The PEQAP is an excellent
program all egg producers should
be participating in. By participat
ing in the program, you are helping
to insure the future of your
industry.
Many exciting things are hap
pening in the egg industry. The
new American Egg Board promo
tion program, the combining of
efforts of the Northeast states in
announced it is holding its annual
fall canton meeting 10 a.m. today
at Donald and Debbie Culler’s
home in Feagerville, near Freder
ick, Md.
For more information, call
Denise Valentine, secretary, at
(301) 898-7168, or Scott Hood,
president (301) 473-5052.
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egg promotion, and the PEQAP
should help improve consumer use
of eggs.
As one industry leader said
recently. “It is good to be in an
organization that spends more time
increasing demand for eggs than
trying to cut back chicken
numbers."
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