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Singapore-based biomed company sends bird flu test to Turkey

12 Mar 2007 - Turkey has been one of the European countries hardest hit by the avian flu virus, with an outbreak last year leading to four teenagers' deaths and 2.5 million birds culled. Read more >>

Mismanaged African poultry imports cause health hazzard

12 Mar 2007 - Africa has become the main destination for left over poultry parts from Brazil, the European Union and the United States. Read more >>

Roxarsone in chicken feed causes risks to human in runoff

12 Mar 2007 - The US Food and Drug Administration allows Roxarsone to be used in chicken feed, although arsenic-based food additives are banned inEurope. Read more >>

Deceptive egg labelling increasing

09 Mar 2007 - As more consumers worldwide are willing to pay more for cage-free eggs, there are ever increasing incidents of mislabelling. Read more >>

California egg production lowest since 1958

09 Mar 2007 - Once the top ranking state in the United States for egg production California has fallen, over the last ten years fallen to fifth place. Read more >>

Bacteria control product to begin testing in US poultry plants

09 Mar 2007 - Tasker Blue has consistently tested effective in significantly lowering these and other bacteria during poultry processing under research conditions. Read more >>

UPDATE: Bernard Matthews Hungarian connection confirmed

09 Mar 2007 - UK Public health minister, Caroline Flint, said 850 tons of turkey, some from Hungary, passed through the infected plant in Suffolk. Read more >>

Early salmonella detection product available

08 Mar 2007 - In most cases, perishable foods are packaged and shipped before test results for pathogens become available. QuikAlert, was developed as a method of detecting food borne pathogens directly from a food product before it is packaged or shipped. Read more >>

Poultry resistant to antibiotics analysed

08 Mar 2007 - Researchers at the University of Georgia (US) have found that the use of antibiotics on poultry farms will do little to reduce bacteria that have the potential to threaten human health. Read more >>

Netherlands to move poultry indoors

08 Mar 2007 - Veterinary experts believe that migratory birds represent a serious risk in the spread of the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus. Read more >>

Missing chicken mystery in Bengal solved

08 Mar 2007 - Within one month 48 chickens went missing from a farm in West Bengal. Read more >>

African poultry group imports Dutch breeders

08 Mar 2007 - Last year, the Department of Animal Health in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. Read more >>

Egg packer fined for mislabelling eggs

07 Mar 2007 - A DEFRA investigation has led to the conviction of an egg packer, who packaged "poor quality eggs" as Class A and extended the best before date on a batch of eggs. Read more >>

Prison for animal rights campaigners in Britain

07 Mar 2007 - Three British animal rights campaigners who targeted firms and individuals linked to an animal testing science laboratory were given jail sentences ranging from 15 months to four years. Read more >>

Newcastle disease in Japan

07 Mar 2007 - A flock of 8,700 birds in Toyama in Japan has been infected by Newcastle Disease virus. All birds have been destroyed. Read more >>

Brazil's increased exports create food additive demand

06 Mar 2007 - Revenues from Brazil's export of chicken meat to 142 countries reached US$3.5 billion, up 35% from the previous year. Internal consumption also increased by 4.69% reaching 35.4 kilograms per person. Read more >>

Quebec co-op acquires Grenville Poultry

06 Mar 2007 - The Exceldor farm has acquired Grenville Poultry, a chicken processor with 250 employees in the Laurentian area north of Montreal. Read more >>

Culling begins in Burma

06 Mar 2007 - After 68 birds died from avian flu in the former capital Rangoon, Burma's government has ordered the slaughter of 1,500 chickens. There is presently no evidence of human infections. Read more >>

Naked birds may have market advantage

06 Mar 2007 - Featherless broilers may soon enter the market because of their various advantages over their covered counterparts.. Read more >>

Cage egg consumption in Germany higher than assumed

06 Mar 2007 - Approximately 70% of the total consumption of eggs in Germany comes from caged hens. Read more >>
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