US: Major egg recall following salmonella outbreak Over 200 million eggs have been recalled by a company in the United States following an outbreak of salmonella...
Hong Kong restricts poultry imports from AI-hit countries Hong Kong has this week suspended poultry meat and egg imports from parts of the United States, Mexico and...
South African listeriosis outbreak source identified There have been calls for an overhaul of South Africa’s food safety legislation in light of a listeriosis...
Avian flu outbreaks emerge across the globe Highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks have affected countries in Europe, Asia and Africa in the past week....
Poultry under suspicion in worst listeriosis outbreak Cooked chicken and other deli meats such as ham and 'polony' are high on the list of suspects for causing the...
Japanese authorities battle bird flu outbreak Japanese authorities have culled 92,000 chickens following the discovery of the highly pathogen H5 avian...
Costs of US avian flu outbreak in 2014/5 Trade losses from the devastating high pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in 2014/5 totalled £1.3bn and more...
Update: Formaldehyde denial vote set for next week Since 2014, Salmonella cases in humans in the European Union have risen by 3%. In fact, according to the...
EU salmonella spike caused by egg contamination An increase in levels of salmonella contamination in eggs has been blamed for a rise in total cases of...
New EU derogation around marketing of free range hens Free range egg producers across Europe will receive a boost tomorrow (November 25) when the updated European...
AI risk raised from low to medium in wild birds in UK Recent cases of avian influenza in wild birds in Germany and the likely migration routes to the UK have led the...
Dutch bird flu outbreak leads to trade bans Hong Kong has banned regional Dutch poultry products following an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza...
Farmers voice concerns about compensation for bird flu South African farmers have said the damaging effect of the bird flu outbreak is being exacerbated by the delay...
South Africa rattled by AI outbreak in the Western Cape Poultry farmers in the Western Cape in South Africa have been rattled by the rise in number of high pathogen...
US broiler exports still recovering from AI United States’ broiler exports are still recovering from the avian influenza outbreak that the country struggled...
South Africa struggles to bring AI outbreak under control Avian influenza is continuing to spread across South Africa where 300,000 birds have been culled in the past 2...
Preparing for winter for the best chance to prevent bird flu Winter is coming, as the phrase from popular TV drama Game of Thrones goes. For characters of the hit series it...
Commentary: Foster Farms and the US Salmonella outbreaks Chick-Cite has commented recently on the ongoing investigation of outbreaks of Salmonella Heidelberg attributed...
Challenges of the poultry industry In spite of substantial qualitative and quantitative advancements in different sectors of the poultry industry,...
Egypt to ban live bird markets Sometimes entrepreneurial poultry industry people have to ask against their philosophy of free entrepreneurship...
Fighting the temptation Over the past few years, many in poultry industry have lost sleep over highly pathogenic bird flu, either...
Thailand plays King Canute with H5N1 The time has come for Thailand to recognize that H5N1 infection is endemic in non-commercial poultry in the...
Wild Birds or Poultry Trade -Which is Responsible for... The role of migratory birds in spreading HPAI was discussed at a conference organized by the Food and...
There will not be a bird flu pandemic Avian influenza (H5N1) infection is predominantly a disease of commercial and subsistence poultry and some...
Why not vaccinate against AI Vaccination offers a cost-effective method to suppress clinical outbreaks and reduce the impact of...
EU must help to protect the food chain Having the job of protecting the food chain from disease is like being an air traffic controller: no one notices...
Russia: Veterinary control system under scrutiny Russia’s veterinary watchdog Rosselhoznadzor reported that some AI infected turkey meat has hit the retail...
Study: "HPAI does not persist in migratory birds" The H5 avian influenza A virus that devastated North American poultry farms in 2014-15 was initially spread by...
France gets to grips with AI situation After being overwhelmed with outbreak after outbreak of avian influenza in the last 2 months, France is slowly...
AI & antibiotic ban; what’s next for US poultry? Disinfection mats and hand sanitisers were a somewhat odd welcome at the recent IPPE in Atlanta. No live poultry...
US to encounter avian influenza again? The US experienced the most severe animal disease emergency ever in 2015 when H5N2 highly pathogenic avian...
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Lessons learned from the recent US HPAI epornitic The last confirmed case of H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was diagnosed in Iowa in a commercial...
AI causes headaches around the world While it is not unusual for the avian influenza virus to circulate, particularly among wild birds, the recent...
Avian influenza vaccination not a long term solution Today’s ever increasing prevalence of Avian influenza, in particular the H5N8 subtype, shows the weak spots of...
145,000 birds culled after AI outbreak in India 145,000 birds have been culled by order of the Telangana (India) government, after an outbreak of H5N1 Avian...
Getting to grips with avian influenza If one looks at the overview of the world organization for animal health (OIE) concerning outbreaks of avian...
Third outbreak of AI in Minnesota The US Department of Agriculture confirmed the third infection of a virulent strain of avian flu in a commercial...
Outbreak of mild AI in the Netherlands A new case of AI has been discovered on a poultry farm in Tzummarum, in the northern part of the Netherlands....
Containing AI with fingers crossed The poultry business is a professional global industry. Nothing new, we all know that. Everyone involved does...
Mapping H5N8 across Europe Just when poultry producers in western Europe thought avian influenza was a thing of the past it strikes. World...