Australian poultry meat consumption will increase
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US Is '50%' Prepared for Flu, Expert Testifies
AUSTRALIA - A top government health official here said that the United States was only "50 percent" prepared for an avian flu pandemic, prompting legislators to call for much more vigorous action to stop the spread of the disease before it reaches...

New proposals on egg crisis
AUSTRALIA - South Australian egg producers met yesterday to draw up a new proposal to take to Premier Mike Rann. The SA Farmers Federation secured a meeting with Mr Rann last week to discuss the state's struggling egg industry. However, concerns...

Egg producers struggling with oversupply
AUSTRALIA - Queensland egg producers who have been accused of flooding interstate markets are now calling for compensation. They are blaming the oversupply of eggs on new legislation introduced in all states last year, forcing producers to increase...

Crisis Talks for South Australia Egg Tade
AUSTRALIA - The SA Farmers Federation will hold a crisis meeting with local egg producers on Monday, to discuss ways to save the industry. The federation's Poultry Committee deputy chairwoman and owner of Sunrise Eggs, Carolyn Harvey, said...

Egg giant admits: I can't take much more
AUSTRALIA - The state's largest egg producer has put one of his farms on the market and admitted he is "slowly going out of business" as cheap produce is dumped on the SA market. Golden Eggs managing director Mark Bressington, who...

Farm Pride losses could hit $1m
AUSTRALIA - Egg producer Farm Pride Foods Ltd says it is heading for a first half year loss of between $600,000 to $1 million. Farm Pride laid the blame on oversupply in the egg market which is putting downward pressure on its margins. It said...

Of all the eggs tested, SA's easily the best
AUSTRALIA - South Australian eggs are the best in Australia, according to the nation's leading consumer watchdog. The latest egg survey conducted by the Australian Consumers' Association's CHOICE magazine showed Angle Vale firm Golden...

Premier has to save egg industry, says MP
AUSTRALIA - Premier Mike Rann has been urged to intervene to save South Australia's egg industry. "If he doesn't do something quickly, this industry is going to be wiped out," No Pokies MLC Nick Xenophon said yesterday. Mr Xenophon...

End for egg industry
AUSTRALIA - The South Australian egg industry is in tatters and it is too late for Fleurieu Peninsula egg producers, South Coast Eggs. Owned and operated by Peter and Tonia Ebbs at Hindmarsh Tiers for 14 years, the business suffered at the inaction...

Don't give up - fight's not over, producers told
AUSTRALIA - The state's egg producers would "have a case" if they went to court to stop cheap interstate produce being dumped on the local market, a specialist trade practices lawyer believes. Sydney barrister Neil Francey yesterday...

Australia tightens poultry safety standards
AUSTRALIA - Australian poultry processors will need to meet new safety standards under proposals designed to decrease levels of harmful bacteria like salmonella and campylobacter. Under the proposals, open for consultation, poultry processors...

You can safely keep pet birds and eat chicken, says expert
AUSTRALIA - The risk of human bird flu infection is small in Australia and people can still safely eat chicken and keep pet birds, according to bird medicine specialist Dr Bob Doneley. "The chances of getting bird flu off a pet bird or your...

Merial Licenses Poultry Productivity Product
AUSTRALIA - Merial has finalised an exclusive sub-license agreement with Imugene which grants it the global rights to develop and sell Imugene’s poultry productivity enhancing product.

Jobs boom - and it's thanks to chickens
AUSTRALIA - Thousands of jobs will be created as the state's chicken industry trebles in size over the next 10 years, a government blueprint predicts. Released today, the Poultry Meat in South Australia - Strategic Directions 2005-2015 plan...