Australia
AECL: 20,000 free range hens a hectare
08 May 2012 - The Australian Egg Corporation Ltd (AECL) is going forward with plans to set up free-range farms that comprise 20,000 birds a hectare, while some free-range critics are calling for limiting the free-range appellation to 1,500 birds or fewer.
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Australia approves origin labelling for unpackaged poultry
04 May 2012 - Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved a proposal to extend country of origin labelling to unpackaged beef, sheep and chicken meat. Read more >>
HatchTech signs contract for new hatchery in Australia
19 Apr 2012 - MultiQuip Group of Companies and HatchTech have started the construction of another major HatchTech hatchery in Australia. Read more >>
Australian group campaigns for battery-hen welfare
05 Apr 2012 - Animal Australia, an environmental group, is launching a campaign this week to improve the welfare of Australia’s battery hens, advocating adoption of EU-like practices.
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AECL condemns egg substitution
12 Mar 2012 - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has alleged that a South Australian egg farmer has been selling cage eggs as free range eggs. Read more >>
Australian egg consumption on the rise
22 Feb 2012 - Australians have increased their egg consumption with gusto, eating seven percent more eggs in the past year, according to statistics released by the Australian Egg Corporation Ltd.
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Australia begins duck cull to stem bird flu outbreak
01 Feb 2012 - Australia has begun culling 24,000 ducks in the hope of stemming an outbreak of bird flu that led to a ban on Australian exports of poultry products to Japan, along with some restrictions by some other Asian countries. Read more >>
H5 LPAI bird flu discovered in Melbourne
30 Jan 2012 - The low pathogenic avian influenza was uncovered, during a routine check on the 25th of January, of a duck grower farm in the Melbourne area of Victoria. Read more >>
Research: Sorghum grind and broiler gut development
28 Dec 2011 - Researchers of the University of New England, NSW, Australia and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences investigated the effects of the extent and method of grinding of sorghum prior to inclusion in complete pelleted broiler chicken diets on broiler gut development and performance.
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Australia studies environmental management of egg industry
19 Dec 2011 - A study by the Australian Egg Corporation Limited has demonstrated the efficiency of Australian egg production with respect to three important environmental and resource efficiency issues: global warming, water use and energy use. Read more >>
Baiada Poultry struggling with strike
18 Nov 2011 - Workers at Baiada Poultry in Laverton North in Victoria, Australia, have continued their strike action despite a Supreme Court injunction to stop union officials from blocking vehicles at the site.
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Grimaud Freres Selection signs agreement with Pepes Ducks
15 Nov 2011 - The French duck genetic selection and breeding company Grimaud Freres Selection, has reached an exclusive agreement to supply Pepes Ducks with the Grimaud STAR duck breed in the Australian market for 10 years. Read more >>
Study: Ground sorghum in broiler diets
19 Oct 2011 - Australian scientists at the University of New England (Armidale, NSW) in cooperation with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, studied to what extent grinding sorghum prior to inclusion in complete pelleted broiler chicken diets affected broiler gut development and performance. Read more >>
Australia discusses new draft egg standards
21 Sep 2011 - The Australian Egg Corporation are in discussions with egg producers about new egg standards for Australia. Read more >>
Australian poultry producers confronted about misleading labelling
09 Sep 2011 - Australia's consumer watchdog is pursuing poultry producing companies over claims of misleading labelling regarding the way in which poultry is housed during production. Read more >>
AB Vista confirms RCI as Australian distributer
23 Aug 2011 - AB Vista, the global supplier of animal feed ingredients, has announced that Ruth Consolidated Industries (RCI) will be its Australian distributor. Based in New South Wales, RCI will distribute AB Vista’s range of new generation enzyme products. Read more >>
AB Vista to feed avian science debate down under
22 Aug 2011 - AB Vista, a global supplier of new generation micro-ingredients for the animal feed industry, is lending its name and its voice to the 23rd Australian Poultry Science Symposium (APSS). As well as being one of the main sponsors of APSS, the company has been invited to share its expertise in the field of avian science – with a speech by Research Director Mike Bedford. Read more >>
Aviagen Australia complete first grand parent breeder shipment to China
10 Aug 2011 - From its production base in Griffith, NSW, Aviagen Australia achieved an important milestone as a production facility for the Asian region, by successfully shipping Arbor Acres Plus grandparent chicks for the first time to a customer in China. Read more >>
Australian egg industry fights for 'free range' definition
01 Aug 2011 - A national definition for free range egg production in Australia is now firmly on the agenda and submissions are being made to the Federal Government to implement a standard. Read more >>
Australia: Poultry CRC supports further vaccination research
20 Jul 2011 - Developing effective delivery of biologically active molecules to the maturing egg embryo is the focus of research being undertaken by Dr Tim Mahony at The University of Queensland, in a collaborative project between the Poultry CRC, The University of Queensland and DEEDI. Read more >>
