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Dioxin scandal: Minister calls for state support

19 Jan 2011 - German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner on Tuesday urged state officials to implement a federal action plan that aims to prevent future food contamination ahead of special government summit on the dioxin animal feed scandal. Read more >>

Poultry pathology professor wins lifetime achievement award

18 Jan 2011 - Poultry pathology professor and Dutch native Dr. Karel Schat from the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine has won his fifth award for a career of contributions to poultry health. Read more >>

Poultry producers lose stock in Australian floods

18 Jan 2011 - Recent floods in Queensland, Australia have caused, and are still causing, extreme destruction and damage, the cost of which is yet to be fully calculated. It is now emerging that poultry producers have also been affected. Read more >>

South Korea culls infected poultry flocks

18 Jan 2011 - South Korea has slaughtered three percent of its poultry population in reposnse to its bird flu outbreak and culled about 15% of its combined pig and cattle population to contain outbreaks of foot-and-mouth, the country’s agriculture ministry has announced. Read more >>

Kemin reveals dioxin testing program

18 Jan 2011 - Kemin Industries reveals an advanced program for detecting both dioxins and PCBs (toxic dioxin congeners) in raw ingredients. Read more >>

New layer hatchery Verbeek opened

17 Jan 2011 - Layer hatchery Verbeek in the Netherlands opened its brand new hatchery facilities near the city of Zeewolde. Read more >>

Dioxin scandal: Poultry farm quarantines continue

17 Jan 2011 - Germany has closed 934 more poultry and pig farms as fears over the contamination of dioxin in animal feed continue. The move came after a manufacturer in Lower Saxony was found to have hidden some of the outlets it sold produce to. Read more >>

High-intensity pulsed light cuts Campylobacter on poultry

17 Jan 2011 - High intensity pulsed light (HILP) technology is effective in decontaminating the surface of both meat and food contact materials in packaged chicken, new research has claimed. Read more >>

Disapproval voiced for bird flu resistant GM chickens

17 Jan 2011 - The UK Soil Association is strongly opposed to the development of GM chickens which are claimed to be genetically engineered to stop them spreading avian influenza. Read more >>

Midamar introduces halal air chilled, antibiotic free and organic chicken

17 Jan 2011 - Midamar Halal Foods has introduced the first halal, air chilled, antibiotic free and organic chicken. The chickens are humanely raised and processed in Iowa, USA. Read more >>

De Heus focusing on further growth in Vietnam

17 Jan 2011 - Dutch feed miller De Heus has started with ambitious plans for the Vietnamese market and builds a new feed mill. Read more >>

New vaccine developed for Newcastle disease

14 Jan 2011 - A new vaccine for Newcastle disease (ND) in poultry has been developed by US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Athens, Ga. Read more >>

GM chickens developed that don’t transmit bird flu

14 Jan 2011 - Chickens genetically modified to prevent them spreading bird flu have been produced by researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh. The breakthrough could prevent future bird flu epidemics. Read more >>

Medion conducts family business training for poultry producers

14 Jan 2011 - Last December, Medion, one of the largest Indonesian based animal pharmaceutical and vaccine companies that has marketed their products to more than 15 countries in Asia Pacific region, conducted a special poultry related training. Read more >>

Dioxin scandal: Fat supplier files for bankruptcy

14 Jan 2011 - The feed company Harles and Jentzsch, which is accused of causing the German dioxin scandal, has filed for bankruptcy. Read more >>

EFSA assesses welfare risks to animals during transport

14 Jan 2011 - Scientists on the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) AHAW Panel have made a number of recommendations based upon a thorough review of the most recent scientific literature from 2004 to date, following the framework of the current European legislation on the welfare of animals during transport. Read more >>

European Commission warns animal feed industry may need new rules

13 Jan 2011 - Read more >>

H1N1 found in UK turkeys

13 Jan 2011 - A routine disease investigation has ruled out avian notifiable disease but detected H1N1 influenza in turkeys on a farm in Cheshire, DEFRA is reporting. Read more >>

China blocking pork and eggs from Germany

13 Jan 2011 - The People's Republic of China has halted the imports of eggs and pork from China from fear of containing too much dioxin, press agency AFP reports. Read more >>

Pig & Poultry Live to tackle consumer perceptions

13 Jan 2011 - Pig & Poultry LIVE 2011, hosted at Stoneleigh Park on 11 May, plans to offer a unique insight into what influences consumers’ behaviour. Read more >>
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