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Frozen chicken products recalled, mislabelling

01 Apr 2008 - Koch Foods, a Fairfield, Ohio, establishment, is recalling approx. 1,420 pounds of frozen chicken breast products because they were packaged with the incorrect label. Read more >>

Lottery winner plans to give away chicken

01 Apr 2008 - Nosso Talho butcher Jose Lima was delighted to collect his US$14.5 mln lottery cheque. With his money he plans to help the needy with chicken. Read more >>

Ducks and rice paddies linked to spread of AI

31 Mar 2008 - Researchers believe that almost all the outbreaks in Thailand and Vietnam between 2004 and 2005 can be traced to ducks that fed near rice paddies that had just been harvested. Read more >>

Pas Reform builds most sophisticated hatchery in Russia

31 Mar 2008 - Dutch hatchery technology company Pas Reform has been contracted to build a new GPS hatchery for Krasnayarugsky Broiler, a subsidiary of Prioskolje - the fastest growing broiler integration in Russia. Read more >>

US poultry research scientists honoured

31 Mar 2008 - The US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service recently honoured two poultry research scientists as Area Senior Research Scientists for 2007. Read more >>

EU poultry imports from non-EU countries questioned

31 Mar 2008 - To address the problem of white meat imports into the EU from non-EU countries as a matter of urgency, Irish political party Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins has called on the European Commission. Read more >>

Aviagen holds Annual Poultry Management School in China

31 Mar 2008 - Poultry breeding company Aviagen recently completed a week-long poultry management course in Beijing. Read more >>

Norway increases poultry production

31 Mar 2008 - Statistics Norway has reported that in 2007, 297,000 tonnes of meat from domestic animals was approved for the market, which is an increase of 4,000 tonnes from 2006.   Read more >>

H5N1 bird flu in Switzerland

28 Mar 2008 - Veterinary authorities have announced that H5N1 has been confirmed in a duck on Switzerland's Sempachersee lake. This is the first case of H5N1 bird flu in the country in two years. Read more >>

Mintel launches The Packaging Appreciation Club

28 Mar 2008 - Mintel believes that the packaging of a product is just as important as what is inside. So, the company's research division, Mintel Research Consultancy, has launched The Packaging Appreciation Club (PAC), for companies interested in packaging innovation. Read more >>

New approach: a step closer to developing H5N1 vaccine

28 Mar 2008 - Manipulating a previously identified protein may be the key to developing an effective H5N1 influenza A virus vaccine. Read more >>

Petersime's Service Station introduces “Electrical Drawings Library”

28 Mar 2008 - The Electrical Drawings Library covers all Petersime machinery ordered over the past 15 years. It took Petersime's Service Station over a year to set up this digital project. Read more >>

Farmers protest against soybean tax increase

28 Mar 2008 - Tractors and large agricultural equipment blocked a key junction outside of the capital Buenos Aires to protest against increased export taxes on soybeans. Read more >>

Alltech opens new office in New Zealand

28 Mar 2008 - Alltech has announced the opening of its first office in New Zealand. The new office, based in Auckland will provide sales and service support to the growing number of partners and customers in the country. Read more >>

Featured in next issue of World Poultry Magazine

28 Mar 2008 - Aimed at the international poultry industry, World Poultry magazine translates scientific knowledge and practical experience in a way which can be used by all poultry professionals worldwide. Read more >>

KFC introduces Kentucky Grilled Chicken

27 Mar 2008 - Kentucky Fried Chicken of Yum Brands is known for its selection of Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken. But now, the company is trying something news - Kentucky Grilled Chicken. Read more >>

Thousands of poultry farms closed

27 Mar 2008 - The Bangladesh Star Business has reported that close to 20,000 poultry farms have been pushed out of business in the country since July 2007. Read more >>

Murray's welcomes new eco-friendly chicken packaging

27 Mar 2008 - Murray's Chicken has now introduced a new eco-friendly packaging format to go with the company's fresh chicken, said Murray's Sales and Marketing VP Steve Gold. Read more >>

Aus: ACT gov't phasing out battery eggs

27 Mar 2008 - Australia's ACT government will phase out the use of battery farmed eggs in 2008. Non-battery eggs are to be used exclusively as of May 2009. Read more >>

Rwanda lifts ban on Ugandan poultry

27 Mar 2008 - Following a ban on poultry products, which has been in place for 2 years, Ugandan poultry farmers can now export their products to the Rwanda market. Read more >>
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