Verandas considered as a fix for free-range disease risk

Discussions over the use of verandas to get over the ‘intransigent’ regulations around housing birds during avian influenza outbreaks are gaining traction in both the UK and Europe. With EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan adamant that the 12 week derogation for birds housed indoors will not be changed, the British Egg Industry Council has been stepping up its lobbying for verandas. Use of verandas popular in Europe Mark Williams, BEIC chief executive and secretary general of the Europe