Duck producers move forward together In September the activities, personnel and brands; Kronenhof and Royal Duck of VSE will move to Tomassen...
€40 million investment in Tambov Turkey project The first consignment of custom-built equipment for the hatchery, feed mill and slaughtering facility worth more...
HKScan restructures poultry production set-up in Denmark HKScan Group, a Nordic meat company has announced plans to restructure its poultry production capacity in...
Chile aims to modernise poultry slaughter inspection Chile is examining a new poultry inspection system, particularly to be in line with one its main export markets,...
H5N8 confirmed on third infected Dutch farm The poultry multiplication farm in Kamperveen, the Netherlands has also been infected with H5N8. It is the same...
JBS joins IPC as associate member JBS, the world’s largest protein processor, has become an associate member of the International Poultry Council...
UK: Faccenda launches trials to reduce Campylobacter Full-scale trials involving the application of both steam and ultrasound to cut campylobacter levels on chicken...
Chair appointed for campylobacter reduction group in UK Richard Macdonald CBE has been named as the new Chair of the joint industry and government body focused on the...
GEA installs two poultry processing lines in China GEA Food Solutions delivered, installed and commissioned two 1000 mm wide processing lines for the new Cargill...
Canadian poultry processor announces plant expansion Canadian meat processor, Olymel, is investing over $10 million in an expansion and modernization of its poultry...
HKScan plans major investment in Finnish poultry site In line with its strategic intent to boost profitable growth, Nordic meat producer, HKScan is actively...
Meyn introduces Rapid Plus breast deboner M3.0 One of today’s market requirements is the need for high flexibility in end products. With the fast changing...
AVEC focuses on competiveness under EU standards In Marseille, France, the 57th assembly of AVEC, which represents the poultry meat industry in the EU, was held...
Marel Stork to supply Chinese poultry processing plant Beijing Dafa Chia Tai (Part of the CP Food Group) and Marel Stork Poultry Processing signed an agreement for...
Russia: Largest poultry farm in Sakhalin to be expanded GUSP Ostrovnaya Sakhalin poultry farm will boost the volume of the production of poultry meat and eggs, quoted...
Cargill’s new processing plant running in China Cargill has opened a new poultry processing plant in China. The company’s mission is to improve efficiency and...
Diversity, not uniformity in waterbath stunning Research in Belgian slaughterhouses showed a large variation in slaughter and stunning practices among the...
Valorisation and optimisation Optimised carcass yield is worldwide becoming increasingly important. For example, the skins of broilers were...
Boosting performance through production and plant... Producing and slaughtering broilers are not two separate stand-alone activities. The opposite is true. Close...
Blood rules the quality of the carcass Like in every living creature, blood is a vital part of the chicken’s body, influencing the most important...
Adequate welfare for good quality and yield The various successive steps in poultry processing start from feed withdrawal at the farm to shipping of the end...
Reducing Campylobacter in poultry Food borne diseases are receiving high priority in human nutrition. Campylobacter is a major cause of such a...
Intelligent cutting 2.0 maximises efficiency The new experimental robotic, intelligent cutting and deboning system of GTRI, uses machine vision and robotics...
Manure composting serves two goals Poultry manure is often seen as a threat to the environment. But when treated and processed properly, it can...
Saving water in the processing plant Millions of litres of water are used in a processing plant annually. But water is a costly and scarce production...
Challenges in turkey breeding A turkey is not a broiler and should therefore be treated differently with regards to breeding and nutrition....
France returns as major EU turkey producer France held the lead in EU turkey production for quite some years, but other countries also geared up and France...
Smoothly moving broilers from farm to shackle Market-age broilers are moved to the plant to be slaughtered across a set of operations, known as pre-slaughter....
Consolidation in meat industry continues While Vion is being partially dismantled, the Chinese Shuanghui and the Brazilian JBS are making acquisitions....
Danish broiler sector offers opportunities and problems True animal welfare, no use of antibiotics, no foot pad dermatitis. The Danish broiler industry is seen as a...
Nutritional interventions can prevent pododermititis Pododermititis or foot pad lesions is one of the main indicators of welfare status in broilers. Wet litter due...
Study: Broiler stunning methods ABSTRACT: Broiler stunning is conducted to produce a rapid onset of insensibility prior to slaughter....