Large floor house with alternative system in France
FRANCE - On Wednesday the 1st of February an Open Door day was organized by family Philippe in Cerneux, France. In the beautiful Champagne region, some 150 guests visited the first large floor house for 20.000 laying hens, which are housed on an alternative...

French poultry sales down 20 pct on bird flu fears
FRANCE - French poultry sales between Saturday and Wednesday were down 20 pct from a year earlier in volume terms, the president of the French food distributors' trade group FCD said. The decline came amid concerns about the spread into Europe...

French poultry trade to fight for free-range status
FRANCE - France's free-range poultry breeders said on Wednesday they would fight to keep their prized status if ordered to keep chickens inside amid fears they could be the first affected by government moves to keep out bird flu. France is...

Space Expo 2005 Promises Not To Disappoint
FRANCE - The road leading to the Parc d' Expositions in Rennes was lined almost bumper to bumper with vehicles on Tuesday morning, as international and local visitors made their way to the Space Expo 2005.

Newcastle disease in France
FRANCE - This is the latest report from OIE on the outbreak of Newcastle Disease in France.

Newcastle disease highly suspected in France
FRANCE - This is the latest report from OIE on the highly suspected outbreak of Newcastle Disease in France.

France takes measures to prevent spread of bird flu to humans
FRANCE - France has done a lot of work to prevent a possible massive spread of bird flu to human beings, French government health consultant Didier Houssin said on Wednesday.

Yannig Le Treut to join Lallemand
FRANCE - Lallemand announced today the recruitment of Yannig Le Treut for its Animal Nutrition division. He will manage the worldwide monogastric activities of the company and be responsible of commercial management in France and Belgium.

France says US to lift ban on foie gras imports
FRANCE - France’s agriculture minister has said that the US is lifting its eight-month ban on imports of certain French pork and poultry products, including foie gras. Herve Gaymard said US health officials had visited four meat and poultry production...

LSC sales rise
FRANCE - The French poultry producer and processor LDC has seen a rise in turnover of 4.8 percent for the first half of the 2004-2005 financial year. Sales reached Euro 752.2 million compared to Euro 717.7 million for the same period in 2003-2004. ...

Why France is still so keen to support and protect a declining business
FRANCE - When President Jacques Chirac visited the agricultural fair in Paris in March, he stayed for three hours. He was upstaged a few days later by his prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, who squeezed in an astonishing seven hours.

Meat packaging seminar discusses state of industry
FRANCE - A seminar on meat packaging automation was held this month at Packforum, packaging materials supplier Cryovac’s permanent customer-care centre near Paris. The programme addressed new challenges in meat packaging including market trends, technical...

Carcass collection criticised
FRANCE - France received a rap on the knuckles yesterday from the EU’s top court over the funding of free carcass collections from farms and slaughterhouses. The European Court of Justice described the measure as an illegal subsidy for French meat ex...

Closed French duck processing plant to be reopened
FRANCE - The director general of the French company Sabco, Pierre Le Roux, is to reopen the Sapod duck abattoir in Grand Champ. The move will save 62 out of the 145 jobs at the plant. Already 51 people have found work outside the plant.

Poor poultry performance
FRANCE - Duc, the French meat processor, has reported operating losses of €1.9 million for the first half of 2003 as sales plummeted 11.6 per cent to €58.5 million.