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South African org pledges to support new poultry farmers

09 Dec 2011 - The Developing Poultry Farmers Organisation, a division of the South African Poultry Association, was officially launched this week in Nelspruit, South Africa. Read more >>

USDA protects poultry farmers with Farm Bill provisions

09 Dec 2011 - The USDA has published the Final Rule implementing the 2008 Farm Bill provisions to better protect livestock producers and poultry growers under the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced. Read more >>

Industry anger at UK govt. stance on illegal eggs

08 Dec 2011 - The British Egg Industry Council has accused the government of "chickening out" following the announcement that it will not ban imports of illegal eggs and egg products from Europe once the conventional cage ban takes effect on 1 January 2012. Read more >>

US ag coalition requests hearing on RFS impact

08 Dec 2011 - In a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, a coalition of the US livestock and poultry industry associations requested a hearing to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard’s (RFS) impact on the economy. Read more >>

Indian worker drowns in poultry feed mash

08 Dec 2011 - One worker died and three others had a narrow escape after they fell into slush at a poultry feed manufacturing unit at Shamirpet, near Hyderabad in India. Read more >>

Ukraine: Agromars to increase poultry production by 25%

08 Dec 2011 - Agromars, Ukraine’s second largest poultry producer intends to increase production of poultry by 35-40 thousands tonnes in 2011, a 25% rise in total production rate of last year. Read more >>

Dominican Republic holds Cobb North American technical seminar

08 Dec 2011 - More than 90 participants from 30 customers in eight countries took part in the second annual North American technical seminar organised by Cobb and their Caribbean distributor Cobb Caribe in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Read more >>

Royal De Heus wins Dutch-Polish Business Award 2011

07 Dec 2011 - International animal feed company, De Heus, has been announced as the seventh winner of the Dutch-Polish Business Award (DPBA). Read more >>

UK to tackle illegal eggs with UV light

07 Dec 2011 - Eggs in the United Kingdom will be screened with UV light as a measure to prevent illegal eggs entering the market following the implementation of new EU welfare standards in January. Read more >>

Research: Probiotic properties evaluated in broilers

07 Dec 2011 - Scientists of the Pelotas University in Brazil evaluated the probiotic properties of Pichia pastoris and a recombinant P. pastoris containing the Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin gene in broilers. Read more >>

Indonesian poultry integrators record positive performance in 2011

07 Dec 2011 - Indonesian poultry integrators such as PT Charoen Pokphand Indonesia, PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia, PT Sierad Produce and PT Malindo Feedmill have recorded positive performances for the third quarter up until September 2011. Read more >>

FSIS proposes new rule for approval of generic labels for meat

07 Dec 2011 - The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the meat and poultry products inspection regulations to expand the circumstances in which FSIS will generically approve the labels of meat and poultry products. Read more >>

White Paper addresses use of antibiotics in food animals

06 Dec 2011 - Antibiotic use in food-animal production is the focus of a White Paper recently released by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA). Read more >>

Jakarta builds nine new poultry slaughter houses

06 Dec 2011 - In order to succeed the Peraturan Daerah (Perda) DKI No. 4/2007 regulation which controls the distribution of live birds into the Indonesian capital Jakarta, the local government has planned to build nine new poultry slaughter houses. Read more >>

US organic egg farm sets high standards

06 Dec 2011 - Following a recent investigation which tarnished the image of the US egg industry, humane, environmentally responsible egg farming is more important than ever. Read more >>

Adisseo building methionine plant in China

06 Dec 2011 - Nutritional feed ingredients company Adisseo, says construction is progressing well on its new, fully integrated Rhodimet AT 88 methionine plant at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province, China. Read more >>

Cargill to reduce number of employees globally

06 Dec 2011 - Cargill is to reduce its workforce by up to 2,000 of its 138,000 employees globally, a change of about 1.5 percent. The majority of the reduction will take place over the next six months worldwide. Read more >>

Chicken prices fall as bird flu hits Nepal

05 Dec 2011 - Major institutions in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu are avoiding chicken following the recent outbreak of bird flu which is having a huge affect on local chickens prices. Read more >>

Welsh govt. enforces inspections at poultry facilities

05 Dec 2011 - Welsh egg producers have welcomed an announcement by the local Government to increase the frequency and focus of inspections at egg processing facilities to make sure illegal eggs don't enter the food chain once the 2012 conventional cage ban comes into effect. Read more >>

US poultry orgs express concern at FSIS data release

05 Dec 2011 - The National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and US Poultry and Egg Association reiterated numerous concerns that were expressed in a report released by the National Academy of Sciences’ National Research Council titled, "The Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Establishment-Specific Data." Read more >>
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