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South Africa sets anti-dumping duties

15 Mar 2012 - The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South Africa released a report in January with a preliminary determination that dumping of Brazilian whole birds and boneless cuts was taking place. Read more >>

UK supermarket drops Vion as poultry supplier

14 Mar 2012 - UK retail giant Sainsbury's has dropped international food group Vion as a poultry supplier, following a supply chain review. Read more >>

Research: Utilisation of QPM in the diet of White Leghorn layers

14 Mar 2012 - Three experiments were conducted in India to determine the apparent metabolisable energy, digestible amino acid values and utilisation of quality protein maize (QPM) vis-à-vis normal maize (NM) in White Leghorn layers. Read more >>

Alltech symposium: Balancing profitability and consumer demands

14 Mar 2012 - How can the poultry industry keep up with the increasing demand for poultry meat and also stay profitable in a world where transparency and sustainability are paramount? Read more >>

Kazakhstan's poultry and egg production grows in 2011

14 Mar 2012 - Poultry farms in Kazakhstan produced about 96,000 tonnes of poultry meat last year, which is 102% more than during 2010. Read more >>

So Good Food responds to chicken demand

14 Mar 2012 - Responding to the increasing demand of ready-to-eat chicken products in Indonesia, PT So Good Food (SGF), a company of Japfa group, has built a new further processing facility in Boyolali, Central Java. Read more >>

Bird flu cases in Israeli turkeys

13 Mar 2012 - Two instances of Highly pathogenic Avian influenza (H5N1) have been reported in Israel. Read more >>

Indonesia: Malindo enters the chicken processing business

13 Mar 2012 - Through its subsidiary, PT Malindo Food Delight, PT Malindo Feedmill will go into the business of processed chicken products such as sausage and nuggets. Read more >>

Specialist translator Dr. Victor Mireles assassinated

13 Mar 2012 - In his home in Acapulco, Mexico, Dr. Victor Mireles was assassinated on March 7. Read more >>

People: Danisco appoints business manager

13 Mar 2012 - Danisco Animal Nutrition has announced that in January 2012, former regional technical manager, Armin Vikari took up the position of business manager covering Germany, Serbia and Ukraine. Read more >>

Financial stress not affecting US poultry safety

13 Mar 2012 - Despite financial stress caused by the weakened economy, chicken establishments appear to be maintaining food safety procedures necessary to control Salmonella contamination, according to a new study. Read more >>

AECL condemns egg substitution

12 Mar 2012 - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has alleged that a South Australian egg farmer has been selling cage eggs as free range eggs. Read more >>

Northern Ireland facing potential egg shortage

12 Mar 2012 - Egg producers from the Ulster Farmers’ Union have warned that Northern Ireland is already showing signs of an egg shortage as a result of the EU’s Welfare of Laying Hens Directive. Read more >>

Nutreco increases share in Brazilian joint venture

12 Mar 2012 - Nutreco has signed an agreement to increase its shareholding in its Brazilian joint venture Nutreco Fri-Ribe from 51% to 97%. The joint venture was formed in November 2009. Read more >>

Miratorg implements large poultry project

12 Mar 2012 - Agricultural holding Miratorg, one of the largest pork and compound feed producers in Russia has recently launched the large investment project for poultry production, named “Ptizevodstvo” (Poultry farming). Read more >>

Adisseo launches its fourth Rhodimet Research Grant

12 Mar 2012 - The launch of the fourth Rhodimet Research Grant by Adisseo was announced during the fifth Advancia Seminar in Cesme, France, by Dr Véronique Legrand-Defretin, R&D Nutrition director, Adisseo, and Dr Yves Mercier, research manager-Amino Acids & Proteins, Adisseo. Proposals for 2012-2014 research grants are now being accepted. Read more >>

Research: Restricting enzymes in broiler diets

09 Mar 2012 - Portuguese research studied the effects of restricting enzyme supplementation in wheat-based diets to broilers. Read more >>

EU Salmonella cases fall as Campylobacter rises

09 Mar 2012 - Salmonella cases in humans fell by almost 9% in 2010, marking a decrease for the sixth consecutive year. Salmonella prevalence in poultry is also clearly declining at the EU level, a recent report states. Read more >>

US poultry orgs support Chesapeake Bay act

09 Mar 2012 - In the US the Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act has been introduced, which will allow states and communities more flexibility in meeting water quality goals to help restore and protect natural resources. Read more >>

Meyn-Ishida completes processing installation in Russia

09 Mar 2012 - The Meyn-Ishida alliance has completed the installation of a chicken processing and packing plant in Russia’s Belgorod province for poultry giant ZAO Prioskolie. Read more >>
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