What is this A(H7N9) virus? H7N9 is a subtype of influenza virus. H7N9 viruses have been previously detected mainly in wild birds, though other H7 viruses been reported around the globe in domestic and wild birds. The recent event in ...
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The owners of UK-based egg producer Noble Foods are evaluating plans to sell the company, which is valued at approximately £400m. Farmers Peter Dean and Michael Kent, the joint owners of the business, are believed to have started ...
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Responding to the occurrence of the A(H7N9) influenza virus in China requires strong biosecurity measures, FAO said today. Unlike other influenza strains, including highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, this new virus is hard to detect in ...
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A(H7N9) influenza borke out in China recently. What is this A(H7N9) virus? H7N9 is a subtype of influenza virus. H7N9 viruses have been previously detected mainly in wild birds, though other H7 viruses been reported ...
Most people in this country, when they sit down to eat one of the several meals they are likely to enjoy tomorrow, will never think about where the protein, vegetables and grains they consume came from. Many will probably pause a few ...
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Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 3/18/2013 2:51:40 PM Family-owned Foster Farms today announced last week that its fresh chicken products have earned humane certification from American Humane Association. The ...
Pig DNA has been found in halal chicken sausages that were supplied to a primary school in Westminster, central London. This contamination was identified after Westminster Council officers collected seven samples from three schools in ...
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Sales of rotisserie chicken have fallen by 18% since the government introduced VAT on hot foods last October, according to the British Poultry Council (BPC). The VAT hike has resulted in supermarkets selling about 138,000 fewer ...
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How to build a portable chicken coop, kindle edition, is a perfect fitting for someone who is a tech expert like you. That’s a fact. For chickens to be productive, you have to place them in a spacious habitation. That explains ...
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US poultry group Sanderson Farms has indicated its first-quarter margins remained under continued pressure from high feed costs despite rising poultry market prices. The company said today (21 January) that net sales for the three months ...
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An estimated 582,000 chicken across seven farms have been affected by the bird flu virus outbreak in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. The virus was confirmed after security laboratory technicians of high security laboratory of the ...
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The organic market in the UK is being stifled by poor marketing and the economic crisis, according to major players in the industry. The Soil Associaton is not getting the organic message across to the UK public: Philip Wilkinson, 2 ...
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It's a staggering figure – around 2.9m tonnes of food and drink is wasted each year, according to Wrap. It's a number that's been troubling politicians and environmentalists but it is a problem that packaging can help tackle. And ...
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Packaging is increasingly recognised as a vital weapon in the fight against food waste. Philip Chadwick reports on how the flexible plastics sector is innovating to play its part in packaging's biggest challenge It's a staggering figure ...
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US poultry giant Sanderson Farms has reported an annual profit thanks to higher poultry prices and increased production. The return to profitability reflected higher production In the 12 months to the end of of October, earnings ...
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