Disease-control
Policies
In accordance with the disease-control policies of the Council
of  Agriculture,
Ger Chean has set up netted fences all around the raising yards
to prevent wild birds from entering for the feed and spreading
diseases. Ten days before slaughtering, samples of feces and
serum of the ducks are collected and delivered to the Department
of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, for
examinations of bird flu. If H5- or H7-type bird flu is found,
disease-control institutions will be notified immediately to
help take actions.
Medicine Control
Ger Chean places strict demands on the duck farmers and feed
suppliers to avoid the problems of medicine residues in the
ducks. First, feed suppliers are required to distinctly distinguish
the vehicles carrying medicine-added feed from those carrying
feed without medicines to avoid cross-contamination. Next, duck
farmers are strictly forbidden to add medicines to the feed
after the ducks are 40 days old. Finally, 25 days before slaughtering,
samples of duck flesh are sent to National Animal Industry Foundation
for examinations of medical residues. Should any medical residues
be found, the duck farmers will be ordered to keep raising the
ducks until they can be purchased only when no such residues
are found.
The processing operations from live ducks to carcasses to frozen
packed meat are all carried out according to the standards of
humanity, hygiene, freshness, and safety, for the consumers
to eat with an ease of mind and become healthier.
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