Chile
Chile requests raising import duties on Argentinean chicken
30 Mar 2012 - SNA, Chile’s farm bureau, has asked that the chicken and corn imported from Argentina be additionally taxed.
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Poultry price fixing alleged in Chile
15 Dec 2011 - The Chilean National Economic Prosecutors Office (FNE) has filed a lawsuit with the Chilean Free Competition Defense Court against Agrosuper, Ariztía, Don Pollo and the Poultry Producers Association of Chile (APA), for fixing production levels and prices over the last decade. Read more >>
Chilean white meat producer set for expansion
09 Aug 2011 - Shareholders of Chile's largest white meat and fresh foods producer, Agrosuper approved a capital increase and an initial public offering for a 15% stake to boost its expansion plans. Read more >>
IPC chooses Santiago for fall meeting
10 Aug 2010 - Osler Desouzart, an international marketing consultant from Brazil, and Dr. Paul Aho, poultry economist based in the United States, will headline the upcoming fall meeting of the International Poultry Council (IPC) in Santiago de Chile.
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AB Vista launches Finase® EC in Brazil, Chile
15 Dec 2009 - AB Vista, supplier of new generation micro-ingredients for the animal feed industry, has announced the registration of Finase® EC in Brazil and Chile. Read more >>
Poultry connection strengthens H1N1 pandemic
04 Sep 2009 - The detection of an H1N1 virus in turkeys in Chile raises concern that poultry farms elsewhere in the world could also become infected with the pandemic flu virus currently circulating in humans, the US FAO has stated. Read more >>
Chile finds H1N1 influenza virus in turkeys
25 Aug 2009 - Chile has detected the H1N1 influenza virus in turkeys, authorities said. It is the first time the virus has been found outside humans and pigs. There was no indication the disease had spread to other parts of Chile. Read more >>
Chile: Campylobacter study at broiler plants
25 May 2009 - A recent study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of thermotolerant Campylobacter (among the more prevalent bacterial pathogens that cause foodborne diseases) contamination in chicken carcasses and processing plant stations (chilling water, scalding water, defeathering machinery, evisceration machine, and transport crates) in 2 of the Chilean main slaughterhouses. Read more >>
Chile: More spent on food, poultry popular
12 May 2009 - With changing consumption pattern and growing number of working women, Chileans will continue to spend increasingly on food products, with poultry gaining a stronger presence. Read more >>
Chile promoting poultry in the US
19 Jun 2008 - A trade commission of Chile - ProChile - has recently
embarked on a campaign to introduce the country' gourmet products, including red
meat and poultry, to US food trade through a series of tasting opportunities,
educational seminars, restaurant promotions and cooking
demonstrations. Read more >>
