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Serbian poultry banned by Montenegro

15 Jan 2007 - Montenegro has banned imports of all poultry products from Serbia due to an outbreak of Newcastle disease in the former sister republic. Read more >>

Two Indonesians killed by bird flu

12 Jan 2007 - One teen and a 37-year-old woman have become the latest victims of the avian virus. Their deaths bring the country's brings the H5N1 fatalities to 59. Read more >>

USDA asked to limit salt in poultry

12 Jan 2007 - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been petitioned to set limits on the levels of salt that can be used in meat and poultry products. Read more >>

Vietnam succeeds with anti-H5N1 vaccine

12 Jan 2007 - Hundreds of thousands of poultry, accounting for 80% of the tested poultry, could be actually rendered immune to the virus. Read more >>

Newcastle disease outbreak in Bulgaria

12 Jan 2007 - Bulgarian authorities have reported an outbreak of Newcastle disease in the northwest region of the country and ordered the culling of all infected birds. Read more >>

Winter poultry consumption up in India

12 Jan 2007 - The festive season and a steady rise in winter consumption may lead to a hike in poultry prices. Read more >>

Swazi market hit hard by lack of poultry

11 Jan 2007 - The demand for poultry was much higher than expected, and the consumers have had to pay prices which spiked to over E20 per kilo. At the moment the outlook of the poultry industry is generally positive for 2007. Read more >>

M.G. Waldbaum Company pays $1 Million penalty

11 Jan 2007 - M.G. Waldbaum Company, a subsidiary of Minnesota (US)-based Michael Foods Inc., has agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to resolve allegations that the company violated the Clean Water Act. The settlement, involves a large egg processing facility and seven associated poultry farms near the City of Wakefield, Nebraska ( US ). The civil penalty will be divided equally between the state and the federal government. Read more >>

Lagos farmers to be compensated for culled birds

11 Jan 2007 - Director, Livestock and Pest Control, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Junaid Maina, said that the Ministry of Finance had released more than N53 million (€331,793) to compensate farmers whose birds were culled during the bird flu saga. Read more >>

Poultry farms in Bangladesh face loss

11 Jan 2007 - Poultry farm owners in the Kishoreganj and Tangail districts of Bangladesh are running into heavy losses due to price hikes and a cold wave. Read more >>

Super Chicken to the rescue

11 Jan 2007 - The fight against avian influenza is spreading through Southeast Asia through a new invincible character—Super Chickenâ, as he is known to English-speakers. Read more >>

WHO and FAO investigate outbreaks in Vietnam

10 Jan 2007 - Officials at the World Health Organization and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization are talking with the Vietnamese government to send experts to investigate the source of the bird flu outbreaks. Read more >>

Poultry workers in England to get flu jabs

10 Jan 2007 - A seasonal flu jab will be offered to poultry workers in England. Efforts are aimed at minimising any threat for the two types of viruses to come into close contact. Read more >>

Water: unlikely source of transmission for bird flu

10 Jan 2007 - Cornell researchers studied the H5N2 virus to see if a hypothetical mutated form of the H5N1 virus could infect people through drinking and wastewater systems. The study was published in a recent issue of Environmental Engineering Science. Read more >>

Childers becomes president of Poultry Federation

10 Jan 2007 - Marvin Childers, Arkansas state representative, has been elected president of the Poultry Federation, a three-state trade organisation representing the poultry and egg industries in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Read more >>

Enrolment scheme includes egg wholesalers

10 Jan 2007 - There are plans underway for the US Centre for Food Safety to extend the scope of the voluntary enrolment in the egg importer scheme, with aims to cover local egg wholesalers and distributors. Read more >>

Poultry rest day tomorrow

09 Jan 2007 - Retailers in Hong Kong have been reminded by the Food & Environmental Hygiene Department that tomorrow, Wednesday, 10 January, is the next poultry rest day.   Read more >>

World Bank to support Bangladesh's Avian Flu Programme

09 Jan 2007 - The World Bank is interested in taking part in Bangladesh's Avian Influenza Programme worth US$38 million from 2007 - 2011. Read more >>

Indonesian boy tested positive for bird flu

09 Jan 2007 - The Indonesian Health Ministry has confirmed that a 14-year-old boy has tested positive for bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the total number of cases to 75, of which 57 died. Read more >>

Dead birds cause Austin downtown shutdown

09 Jan 2007 - Ten blocks of businesses in Austin, Texas, were shut down by the police on Monday, 8 January, after dozens of birds were discovered dead. Read more >>
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