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US and China poultry dispute continues

22 Jul 2009 - The US has blocked the creation of a panel of judges at the World Trade Organisation sought by China to examine a US ban on Chinese poultry imports that Beijing says breaks WTO rules, reports Reuters. Read more >>

Aviagen translates manuals for European customers

22 Jul 2009 - Aviagen has now translated many of their manuals and technical articles into the local languages of their customers in the Central and Eastern European region. Read more >>

India’s Skylark group chooses Fancom

22 Jul 2009 - Skylark poultry integration in North India has chosen Fancom’s MTT ventilation system for its new grand parent poultry facility. Read more >>

USDA: 2010 food safety education conference

22 Jul 2009 - USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced it will co-host a food safety education conference March 23-26, 2010, titled "Advancements in Food Safety Education: Trends, Tools and Technologies." Read more >>

Sealpac introduces new traysealer

22 Jul 2009 - Sealpac has now introduced the new Sealpac A6 traysealer, which the company says increases efficiency without reducing flexibility. Read more >>

Ireland: €16 mln for new hen cages

21 Jul 2009 - Poultry producers in Ireland will receive €16 mln from the government to help them meet new welfare standards for producing eggs from the caged system, which will come into effect in 2012. Read more >>

UK: The Great Yorkshire duck race

21 Jul 2009 - The UK’s largest duck manufacturer Cherry Valley has put its name to Yorkshire’s biggest fundraiser of the summer when it will sponsor the inaugural Great Yorkshire Duck Race. Read more >>

US consumers favour private label food

21 Jul 2009 - New consumer polling data from the Private Label Manufacturers Association's ongoing study, "Store Brands and the Recession," revealed some interesting findings. Read more >>

US: Mobile poultry processing unit licensed

20 Jul 2009 - The Mobile Processing Unit for poultry (MPU) is licensed for use by small Montana producers. Inside the state-inspected processing truck, birds can be quickly prepared for sale right on site, reports The Prairie Star. Read more >>

Processors to benefit from cheap chicken feed

20 Jul 2009 - Poultry processors can expect to benefit from a significant drop in the price of corn and soybean meal, says J.P. Morgan analyst Ken Goldman. Read more >>

US: case-ready poultry packaging increasing

20 Jul 2009 - An expansion in US meat, poultry and seafood production and a continuing shift to case-ready packaging by retailers will be the main drivers in packing for the sectors topping $9bn by 2013, according to a new study. Read more >>

USDA include poultry and eggs on web portal

20 Jul 2009 - The US Department of Agriculture announced that its Market News Portal has been expanded to include Poultry Market News, reports TMC News. Read more >>

Asia: Aviagen organises meeting for Ross 308

20 Jul 2009 - Several of Aviagen’s Ross customers met up in Indonesia and Malaysia this week as guests from Al Watania Poultry, Saudi Arabia, one of the largest Ross customers in the Middle East region, visited Ross 308 distributors to share knowledge and build new working relations. Read more >>

US turkey industry, food safety focus

17 Jul 2009 - National Turkey Federation’s (NTF) Chairman of the Technical and Regulatory Committee told members of the House Agriculture Committee that as the food safety debate moves to the forefront of the congressional agenda, any changes that are enacted should ensure in measurable improvement in public health. Read more >>

US: foodborne disease response applauded

17 Jul 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius commended the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) for the new Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response. Read more >>

CPF expands Taiwanese operations

17 Jul 2009 - Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) is acquiring a 32.41% stake (75,194,164 shares), from the 5 existing shareholders of Charoen Pokphand Enterprise (Taiwan) Co (CPE), Taiwan's leading agro-industrial and food firm, for 826 mln baht, as part of its overseas business expansion. Read more >>

Hen study: Omega-3 to avoid broken bones

16 Jul 2009 - There are many potential health benefits of consuming omega-3 found in fish oil and flax seed. Researchers are now looking at how omega-3 can help laying hens avoid bone damage. Read more >>

FarmManager for Broilers registers mortality

16 Jul 2009 - The Dutch Union of Poultry Farmers (NVP) has announced that broiler farmers must register mortality on their farms immediately. For users of the FarmManager for Broilers analysis software this move presents no problems at all, the company says. Read more >>

Efrat’s Ross successful seminar in Turkey

16 Jul 2009 - Efrat Broiler Breeders Ltd, Aviagen’s Ross 308 grandparent distributor in Israel, recently held a technical seminar in Istanbul, Turkey. Read more >>

Poultry advances discussed at Aus conference

15 Jul 2009 - The Australian conference Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition (held 12-15 July in Armidale) brought together animal nutrition experts to discuss issues that are of importance to the livestock industry. Mingan Choct from Poultry CRC in Australia presented some new technologies for poultry. Read more >>
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