Last Restrictions Lifted in UK
UK - Defra has lifted the remaining disease control restrictions put in place following the outbreak of H5N1 Avian Influenza in Suffolk.

Village Loses Fight Against Chicken Farm
UK - Villagers have lost their fight against proposals to build a free range chicken farm despite council officers recommending refusal.

‘Fresh’ Supermarket Chicken Flown in From Brazil
UK - Thousands of tonnes of apparently fresh poultry meat sold in supermarkets and catering outlets is imported and often months old.

USDA Study Highlights Virkon® S Efficacy Against Viruses
UK - Leading researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Centres for Epidemiology and Animal Health have confirmed the excellent on-farm efficacy of DuPont™ Virkon® S in eradicating exotic Newcastle Disease (END) virus in a recent...

A Backbench Squawk for Poultry Welfare
UK - After a month when celebrity chefs decided that they themselves would have to take on failures in the poultry welfare system if anything was to change, the Government is to take action.

NFU Rallies Support Against Cost Sharing
UK - The National Farmers' Union (NFU) on Tuesday issued a rallying call to livestock farmers to voice their feelings on the Government's plans to transfer millions of pounds of the cost of dealing with animal disease outbreaks to the sector and warned...

Bad For Many …But Good for the Christmas Goose
UK - The wet summer may have been bad news for many people ….but it's been great for Christmas geese, according to Judy Goodman, chairman of British Goose Producers.

Liverpudlian Lab Searches the Secrets of Zoonosis
LIVERPOOL - The new National Centre for Zoonosis Research in the UK, dedicated to the study of animal-borne human diseases, will be opened at the University of Liverpool.

Pfizer Strengthens Pig and Poultry Team
UK - Two new senior appointments have been made by Pfizer Animal Health in its UK and Ireland pig and poultry business unit, with Alan Doyle becoming director and James Walton key account manager.

£100 Christmas turkeys: Don't Panic!
UK - Headlines about £100 turkeys are spreading alarm among consumers who normally spend less than half this amount on a Christmas bird, according to Jane Haigh, chairman of the Traditional Farmfresh Turkey Association.

Turkey Welfare Needs to Hatch
UK - More Freedom Food labelled turkeys than ever before will be available this Christmas as consumers step up demand for higher welfare products.

Egg Farm Proposal Gets Go-Ahead
UK - A scheme to build the UK's largest egg farm in the Borders has been approved by councillors. Glenrath Farms Ltd intends to build nine free range poultry houses at Blythbank near West Linton - with each shed housing about 25,000 hens.

Contingency Plan for Exotic Animal Diseases
UK - Defra's revised Contingency Plan for Exotic Animal Diseases was laid before Parliament on 10 December 2007

Food, Climate and Meat Industry Drivers Under Spotlight
UK - Making Sense of Uncertainty is the title of the Meat and Livestock Commission's 2008 Outlook Conference...

Multi million pound company hatches after egg merger
UK - Two of the North West's leading egg suppliers have merged, creating a cracking opportunity for new jobs in the region, according to the business advisors that brokered the deal.