Australian drought pushing up NZ poultry costs
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealanders are about to feel the impact of Australia's big drought as grain prices across the Tasman soar by as much as 80 per cent.

New Zealand Broiler Welfare Standards World-Class
NEW ZEALAND - Research into the welfare of commercial broiler chickens in New Zealand has found that welfare standards are equal or superior to that of broilers kept elsewhere.

Flies linked to campylobacter rate
NEW ZEALAND - A medical laboratory manager says the common fly may play a key role in New Zealand's high rates of campylobacter.

Eat fresh chicken before it's banned
NEW ZEALAND - Frozen chickens may soon be the only option available to supermarket shoppers. The poultry industry is under increasing pressure to sell only frozen produce after a Food Safety Authority (FSA) report showed all fresh carcasses carried the...

Green Party: "Poultry industry needs disinfecting"
NEW ZEALAND - The Green Party is calling for strict standards to force the poultry industry to clean up its act in the light of a study that shows 100 percent of chickens tested prior to slaughter were contaminated with campylobacter.

NZFSA produces update on work related to Campylobacter
NEW ZEALAND - As concern around New Zealand’s high rates of campylobacteriosis continues, the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has put together a background report.

NZFSA produces update on work related to Campylobacter
NEW ZEALAND - As concern around New Zealand’s high rates of campylobacteriosis continues, the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has put together a background report. It sets out, in easy-to-understand terms, the scientific research that NZFSA...

Disease scare fails to dent consumption of chicken
NEW ZEALAND - The chicken industry says sales have remained steady despite the scare about high rates of human campylobacter infection.

Consumers remain loyal to fresh poultry
NEW ZEALAND - Consumers are still lining up for fresh chicken – despite recent renewed media interest in New Zealand’s unusually high rates of human campylobacter.

NZ Poultry Industry combats Campylobacter
NEW ZEALAND - Consumer concerns about campylobacter have been high on the agenda at today's meeting of the Poultry Industry Association of New Zealand (PIANZ).

Poultry industry 'bullying'
NEW ZEALAND - Scientists say funding problems, covert bullying and a lack of co-operation from the poultry industry are hampering research into health risks associated with chicken. Their claims are hotly denied by the Poultry Industry Association...

Combating Campylobacter with common sense
NEW ZEALAND - A ban on the sale of fresh chicken meat is not the answer to preventing outbreaks of campylobacteriosis says food microbiologist Associate Professor John Brooks, in a presss release from Massey university.

NZ poultry blamed for country’s record Campylobacter cases
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand's poultry processors were attacked by scientists this weekend for failing to reduce levels of the food poisoning bacteria campylobacter, which affects more people in the small country than any other nation. Scientists...

Kiwi food workers get minimum safety training
NEW ZEALAND - One in five New Zealanders working in the food industry has had no training in food safety, according to a new survey. The survey was commissioned by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA), as part of its Domestic Food Review. It...

Fresh chicken still high on shopping
NEW ZEALAND - As debate about the safety of fresh chicken heats up, shoppers say the argument will at least raise awareness of the dangers of raw chicken, and may cut food poisoning. A study from University of Otago School of Medicine and Health...