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...

Wild Bird Flu Breakout in Britain
UK - It has been confirmed that three mute swans in Dorset have tested positive for the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu. The Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs (defra) have issued a statement saying that the birds were found dead and...

A New Solution Emerges from Poultry Waste
IRELAND - Moy Park, O’Kane Poultry, and Glenfarm Holdings have announced details of a collaborative project to develop a new green electricity plant, producing energy from waste poultry litter and meat and bone meal.

Consultation on New Animal Diseases Bill
UK - The Northern Irish agriculture ministry has launched a consultation on proposed new measures to prevent and control animal and poultry diseases.

Media in a Flap on Poultry Welfare
UK - This week the UK poultry industry has come under massive scrutiny from the British media after the launch of several programs that highlight poultry welfare lapses across the whole production system. The programs are being aired every day this week...

Northern Ireland Coldstore Prosecuted
NORTHERN IRELAND - A meat coldstore in County Fermanagh has been found guilty at Magherafelt Magistrates Court of offences under food hygiene legislation following a lengthy investigation and two trials.

Soil Association says its Poultry are Free as a Bird
UK - The Soil Association has applauded the recent UK poultry welfare campaign and have added that their own poultry welfare standards make them the 'leaders in the field'.

Cargill's Sun Valley Acquires UK Poultry Business
UK - Cargill has expanded its poultry operations in the UK with the acquisition of Freeman's of Newent Ltd, a primary chicken processing business in Gloucestershire. The acquisition was completed on 4 January.

All Eggs to be Free-Range Within Two Years
UK - Shoppers could be able to buy only free-range eggs from major supermarkets within two years.

Dispelling the Myth of Battery Production
UK - Chickens reared for meat are not 'battery' farmed and poultry producers in the UK are fed up of hearing the claim repeated - that was the message from the NFU and British Poultry Council today as they attempted to dispel some of the myths and misconceptions...

What Are We Eating?
UK - So you only eat free-range eggs, and spend the extra on organic sausages. But what's life really like for the animals that end up on your plate? And how can you be sure that the meat in your shopping bag is cruelty-free? Rob Sharp investigates