Further Swan Positive for Bird Flu
UK - The British Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs has confirmed that a fifth mute swan collected on 14 January as part of wild bird surveillance from the same area has tested positive for highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza.

Supermarkets Prepare for Consumer Backlash
UK - Supermarkets are preparing for paltry poultry sales due to the impact of the latest ‘trials by TV’ that hit the airwaves earlier this month.

Restrictions in Place for at Least Three Weeks
UK - Restrictions on poultry farms will be in place in the area around the outbreak until mid-February at least.

Aviagen Appoints Vice-President of Projects
UK - Aviagen has announced that Ian Hamilton has been appointed to the new position of Vice-President Projects. In this role, Ian will take on specific projects supporting the Aviagen Turkey operations, the Hatching Egg Business and Acquisitions...

Sainsbury's Compassionate Commitment
UK - UK supermarket Sainsbury's have recently committed to improve the lives of 70 million chickens a year by moving away from stocking the most intensively farmed chickens. Animal welfare group Compassion in World Farming has applauded this action, labelling...

Sustainable/Environmental Biofuel Feedstock is Praised
UK - Rules being published under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation to set new standards on green sustainability, have received praise from the National Farmers' Union.

Battery Egg Blunder Dismays Jamie Oliver
UK - The celebrity chef and food standards campaigner Jamie Oliver was left wiping yolk and albumen from his face yesterday after it emerged that one of the restaurants he backs accidentally served customers eggs from battery hens.

Vaccinating Free Range; is it a Cure?
UK - Following the recent bout of bird flu in the UK the Organic Research Centre has declared that all organic and free range poultry in the UK should be vaccinated against the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain.

Positive Reaction to 'What's on Your Plate?"
SCOTLAND, UK - Scotland’s farming union has said that a national food policy has massive potential to boost the nation’s health, environment and rural communities.

Positive Balance Between Environment and Production
WALES, UK - Positive change across the whole agricultural sector was the forecast of John Lloyd Jones, during the National Farmers' Union (NFU) Cymru Meirionnydd annual general meeting. Despite the troubles of 2007, he has confidence in the industry and...

Chicken Sales Up Despite Jamie Oliver Effort
UK - Chicken sales have increased this week despite fears that they would slump following a campaign by celebrity chefs against the treatment of the birds.

Jamie Oliver Says Sorry to Sainsbury's
UK - Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has written an open letter to every member of staff at Sainsbury's, apologising for an outburst in which he criticised the supermarket over its involvement on his upcoming show exposing the standards of battery bred...

TraceAssured Launches World First from Northern Ireland
UK - In a ground breaking world first, TraceAssured Ltd has tlaunched a new online food chain traceability initiative aimed at providing the global food industry with the ability to trace the source and content of all food product ingredients instantly....

Govt Help Required on Battery Ban
UK - The 2012 EU ban on battery cage egg production will be worse than useless in improving chicken welfare if the same standards are not applied to imports, warns the NFU and it has called on the Government to set an example in its own food procurement...

Now Poultry Producer Challenges Consumers
UK - In the week when celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will be putting chicken production under the microscope, leading poultry producer Lloyd Maunder Ltd. is challenging consumers to change their shopping habits and buy...