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Russia re-lists US poultry exporters

20 Nov 2009 - Five US poultry plants have been reinstated as eligible to export to Russia, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service announce. Read more >>

HK resumes importing poultry

20 Nov 2009 - The Centre for Food Safety in Hong Kong has resumed processing applications to import poultry meat and products from Spain, except from the provinces of Guadalajara and Navarra. Read more >>

Better surveillance to fight zoonotic infections

19 Nov 2009 - The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency, and the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks published an opinion on antimicrobial resistance focused on infections transmitted to humans from animals and food. Read more >>

India: New broiler breeding line launched

19 Nov 2009 - The India's Marshall Breeders, a company of C & M Farming Ltd., has launched what it says is a revolutionary new broiler breeding line, Marshall UC, in the Indian market. Read more >>

Vilsack spent millions for US food, ag exports

19 Nov 2009 - US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that 70 US trade organizations received more than $234 mln in Fiscal Year 2009 to help promote American food and agricultural products overseas. Read more >>

US: Poultry processing more costly than red meat

19 Nov 2009 - According to the 2007 US Cenus of Economic Data report, poultry capital expenditure for machinery per slaughter/processing plant was more than three times as high as red meat. Read more >>

France: Low path bird flu outbreak

19 Nov 2009 - France's agriculture authorities have reported an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza (H5) in a farm in Saint Aubin du Plain with 9,000 ducks, ready to be force-fed. Read more >>

Tyson expands Any’tizers line, chicken varieties

19 Nov 2009 - With an expected 19% increase in people eating snacks to occur over the next 10 years, Tyson Foods expands its Tyson Any'tizers® product line with 4 new varieties featuring Sauce and Stir sauce packets. Read more >>

Taiwan: 9,000 ducks killed in dioxin scare

18 Nov 2009 - A farm in the Kaohsiung County township of Daliao saw 9,000 ducks culled after tests showed up to 5 times the maximum allowed level of dioxin. Read more >>

New identity: Sanovo Technology Group

18 Nov 2009 - To support and further Sanovo's expansion, a new group has been established – Sanovo Technology Group. Read more >>

Cherry Valley celebrates 50th anniversary

18 Nov 2009 - UK's Lincolnshire-based Cherry Valley has 2 reasons to celebrate this month as it reaches its 50th anniversary, which is marked by the announcement of a record turnover year. Read more >>

Tyson's European poultry business tour

18 Nov 2009 - Technical representatives of Tyson Foods recently completed an intensive European educational tour, visiting key players in the European poultry production chain. Read more >>

Cobb Germany broiler talks in Czech

18 Nov 2009 - The potential for saving feed costs – and at the same time improving profitability – with the Cobb 500 broiler was explained by Matthew Wilson, Cobb’s global broiler specialist, during an Agrofert seminar in Prostejov, near Olomouc, Czech Republic. Read more >>

First poultry farm of its kind in south Afghanistan

17 Nov 2009 - The Bolan poultry farm worth US$3 mln, provided by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has been established in Helmand, Afghanistan, with help of Dutch contractors. Read more >>

Success for Jamesway in US and China

17 Nov 2009 - Jamesway’s US business grows as it achieves 3 large orders from some of the largest companies in the US poultry industry. Read more >>

Petersime opens office in Brazil

17 Nov 2009 - Petersime, involved in incubators and hatcheries with head office in Belgium, is proud to announce the opening of a subsidiary company ‘Petersime do Brazil Incubadoras e Incubatorios Ltd’ in Circiúma, Brazil. Read more >>

HatchTech: Good year for hatchery humidification

17 Nov 2009 - Exactly one year ago, during the EuroTier in Germany, HatchTech introduced the U-Vaporator. HatchTech looks back at a successful first year of this innovative new product. Read more >>

Lohmann: 50 years breeding for success

17 Nov 2009 - Since its humble beginning, Lohmann Tierzucht says it has developed in the last 50 years into becoming a leader in the world market. Read more >>

Aviagen hatchery workshop in Europe

17 Nov 2009 - Aviagen recently held an ongoing hands-on training programme for Central and Eastern European customers with a series of hatchery workshops in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Read more >>

Pas Reform: New standards for hatchery hygiene

17 Nov 2009 - Pas Reform has signed an exclusive Agreement to incorporate Microban®, an antimicrobial product protection system, into Smart hatchery technologies. Read more >>
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