Weekly Overview: Markets Demand Better Poultry Welfare

GLOBAL - Consumer pressure to improve animal welfare is maintaining a steady momentum, as indicated by the results of a new survey in the US, while the country's cage egg producers are fighting against the tide by publicly correcting untrue arguments in a newspaper article. Helping to reduce overall antibiotic use, one leading American chicken producer has announced it will cease their use in their hatcheries. High-pathogenic avian flu is rearing its head again in poultry in China and Viet Nam.
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