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Soccer season boosts painted egg sales

15 Aug 2006 - Colourful painted eggs, sold as party eggs or Easter eggs depending on the time of year, have shaken the German market this year with a new colour variety, according to ZMP figures. Read more >>

Surveillance programme finds avian influenza in the US

15 Aug 2006 - The US Departments of Agriculture and Interior today announced that routine surveillance has indicated the presence of H5 and N1 avian influenza subtypes in samples from two wild mute swans in Michigan. Read more >>

Campylobacter: no fresh chicken sales, frozen only

15 Aug 2006 - The Public Health Association (PHA) is supporting calls from University of Otago public health researchers for New Zealand to seriously consider banning the sale of fresh chicken for human consumption, and switch to frozen chicken instead. Read more >>

Omega-3 eggs get extra boost from new research

15 Aug 2006 - A Canadian study has shown that eating a breakfast of eggs enriched with omega-3 could improve blood triglyceride levels, boost heart health, and help people reach their omega-3 recommended intakes. Read more >>

India bird flu-free

15 Aug 2006 - India has reported to the World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE) that it has regained its status as an avian influenza-free country, seven months after the initial outbreak. Read more >>

Possible H5N1 bird flu in Rotterdam zoo

14 Aug 2006 - A possible case of H5N1 avian influenza has been discovered in four owls at the Rotterdam zoo in the Netherlands. If the infection is confirmed it would be the first H5N1 infection in the Netherlands. Read more >>

China denies 2003 AI case cover up

14 Aug 2006 - China says it did not cover up a 2003 human death from bird flu which was only confirmed this week, but has admitted that there are shortcomings in the country's disease reporting. Read more >>

Egg farms raided on suspicion of misleading consumers

14 Aug 2006 - Food inspectors on government orders have raided large egg producers' premises to investigate claims of a free-range egg substitution racket in Australia. Read more >>

Avian influenza workshop in Asia Pacific region

14 Aug 2006 - More than 50 health and government officials from the Asia-Pacific region are meeting today and tomorrow in Singapore to discuss strategies for strengthening the region's response to any bird flu pandemic. Read more >>

France may suggest revived WTO talks - minus agriculture

14 Aug 2006 - France may put forward proposals to revive collapsed world trade talks - on the proviso that agriculture issues are excluded from negotiations, according to French Trade Minister Christine Lagarde. Read more >>

Indonesia defends bird flu fight

11 Aug 2006 - The Indonesian government has vowed to bolster efforts to bring bird flu under control, amidst mounting criticism that the country is not doing enough to contain the spread of the deadly H5N1 virus in poultry. Indonesia has the world's highest number of fatalities from the disease, reportedly standing at 45 deaths. Read more >>

Consumers loyal to fresh poultry

11 Aug 2006 - Consumers are still lining up for fresh chicken in spite of negative publicity about New Zealand's unusually high rates of human campylobacter. Read more >>

Grant awarded for research into innovative uses for poultry litter

11 Aug 2006 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the University of Georgia Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (UGA) a US$58,000 grant to research innovative uses of poultry litter to benefit energy, fuel, and environmental and economic demands. Read more >>

Dutch poultry off the menu in five countries

11 Aug 2006 - Five countries have imposed blanket or partial bans on imports of Dutch poultry and poultry products after the Netherlands found evidence of a low-pathogenic H7 bird flu strain at a farm last week. Read more >>

New law: inspectors would get rights to enter premises and take samples

11 Aug 2006 - Under a proposed new law, UK inspectors would have the right to enter any manufacturing premises to perform tests and take samples, to check for the presence of animal borne diseases. Read more >>

Philippines at risk of AI from smuggled Chinese poultry

10 Aug 2006 - Poultry smuggled in from China is increasing the risk of bird flu spreading to the Philippines, according to an industry executive. Read more >>

New bird flu death in Indonesia

10 Aug 2006 - The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed the country's 56th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Read more >>

Nominations open for family farm environmental excellence competition

10 Aug 2006 - The US Poultry & Egg Association will be accepting nominations for the sixth annual Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award, which recognises exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production in the US.   Read more >>

Second young animal scientist contest

10 Aug 2006 - Undergraduate university students will be invited to submit papers on natural alternatives, as part of the second Young Animal Scientist (YAS) contest to be held in 2007. Read more >>

Concerned shoppers reach for free range produce

10 Aug 2006 - British sales of free range and organic chickens and eggs are surging as shoppers grow more concerned about animal welfare issues. Read more >>
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