Wash May Be Answer To Contaminated Chicken
NEW ZEALAND - The Food Safety Authority says decontamination washes may be the answer to the high incidence of the bug campylobacter in chicken. An Otago University study says New Zealand has the world's highest reported human infection rates...

Researchers Call For Fresh Chicken Ban
NEW ZEALAND - Otago university researchers are calling for a ban on the sale of fresh chicken in New Zealand, with this country recording the world's highest rates of infection for the campylobactor bacteria. A study from the university's...

New Zealand Poultry on the Way Up
NEW ZEALAND - Statistics from the 2006 March quarter show that New Zealand poultry meat and eggs are increasingly popular overseas.

Report warns of poultry imports safety threat
NEW ZEALAND - A new report for the poultry industry warns of major potential costs if allowing fresh chicken imports compromises New Zealand's freedom from avian diseases. Imports of raw chicken meat are banned under the Biosecurity Act but...

NZ backyard poultry survey will help understand bird flu spread
NEW ZEALAND - A research project about to get underway in New Zealand is expected to break new ground in understanding how bird flu spreads. The National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease will survey backyard poultry flocks and their...

No ban on New Zealand meat
NEW ZEALAND - Media reports last week, from an overseas news agency, that the Ukraine had banned imports of New Zealand meat are incorrect, say the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA).

Heinz Completes Sale of New Zealand Poultry Processor
NEW ZEALAND - H.J. Heinz Company HNZ has completed the sale of its Auckland, New Zealand-based poultry business, Tegel Foods, to Pacific Equity Partners. The transaction is valued at NZ$250 million (approximately US$165 million). First announced...

MAF seeks animal disease-causing organisms
NEW ZEALAND - Agricultural officials will today asked an environmental regulator for wide-ranging generic approval to import ``bacteria'' involved in animal disease. The broad application includes bacteria causing serious animal illnesses...

Ross Finnie tells Scotland's farmers that £296m has been paid out
SCOTLAND - Ross Finnie, the rural development minister with the Scottish Executive, has said 19,279 producers - representing 91% of all claims - have now received their first instalment of their single farm payment. Mr Finnie was speaking at NFU...