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Supply of poultry meat is plentiful, but labour is in short supply due to Covid-19 issues and travel restrictions of workers. Photo: Ruud Ploeg
06-10-2021 | News

Some supply, labour issue in poultry sector following Covid

Namibia s 6 egg producers market about 100 million eggs per year. Photo: Edouard Gilles
04-05-2021 | News

Opportunity for expansion of Namibia’s poultry sector

The poultry industry adapted fast to the new reality, protecting both workers and product from Covid-19. Photo: Ruud Ploeg
04-03-2021 | News

UK Poultry Meat sector survives triple whammy

Staff-focused biosecurity programmes will help reduce both seasonal illnesses and disease introduction to flocks. Photo: Roel Dijkstra
23-02-2021 | News

Biosecurity: An Inconvenient Necessity

The Covid-19 genome was identified during the inspection of external shipping packaging of frozen products at a Chinese port. Photo: Michel Zoeter
16-02-2021 | News

Cherkizovo stops poultry export to China after Covid scandal

The British Egg Industry Council argues that workers should be vaccinated early to ensure the industry has the resources to maintain a consistent supply of food. Photo: Henk Riswick
10-02-2021 | News

Call to prioritise egg production workforce for Covid vaccination

The Chinese government is now willing to receive poultry meat shipments from Brazil again. Photo: Koos Groenewold
05-02-2021 | News

China lifts suspensions of Brazilian processors

The move to shut UK schools just days before pupils were due to go back for the Easter term is leaving producers with huge numbers of spare eggs. Photo: Ton Kastermans
22-01-2021 | News

Corona lockdown UK schools poses problems for UK egg sector

With some help from NGO Dwip Unnayan Songstha (DUS), poultry farmer Resma Begum made a good living from poultry. Covid-19 has put a severe strain on earnings in Bangladesh. Photo: ANP/G.M.B. Akash
06-11-2020 | Article

Covid-19 disrupts Bangladesh’s poultry sector

Over the past few weeks, more than 100,000 birds on 2 UK farms have been culled due to closures of processing plants because of Covid-19 outbreaks among factory workers. Photo: ANP/Vincent Jannink
31-08-2020 | News

Birds culled as UK forced to close plants due to Covid-19