Avian influenza

The US moves closer to labeling standards for cell-cultured meat and the FAO warns of increased food import costs.

China’s agriculture ministry has confirmed an outbreak of H5N8 avian influenza in wild birds in the Northwestern province of Shaanxi.

On 8 June, Saudi Arabia announced a ban on imports of poultry, poultry meat and eggs from three regions of France due to outbreaks of bird flu.

After reports of a new H10 bird flu strain in Egypt emerged on social media and other websites, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation issued a statement saying that there have been no recorded cases of H10 bird flu in the country.…

China recorded the first known human case of H10N3 bird flu and global food prices reach new highs.

An explainer article by Dominique Patton from Reuters lays out why so far, the risk of humans transmitting the new H10N3 bird flu strain, first identified in China, is low.

Hong Kong has halted imports of poultry meat, eggs and poultry products from Bremen in Germany and Tauragė County in Lithuania due to outbreaks of H5N8 bird flu, and has also suspended poultry imports from Ninh Thuan Province in Vietnam and KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa due to outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu. …

A 41-year-old man in China's eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday 1 June.

New tissue tests could help spot mild strains evolved to induce high losses for the poultry industry.

Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) announced that it is banning poultry imports from the Nidzicki District of Warmińsko-mazurskie Region in Poland and the Limburg Province in the Netherlands after reports of H5N8 bird flu were confirmed by animal health officials.…

A single source of contaminated raw feed material can spread pathogens to numerous complexes and bird houses

Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has halted the import of poultry meat and poultry products from Midvaal and Emfuleni in Gauteng Province of South Africa.

134,000 birds have been culled after four outbreaks of avian influenza at poultry farms across Western Cape.

Namibia has banned all imports of poultry and poultry products from South Africa after further outbreaks of avian influenza were detected in the neighboring country

The UK eased heightened biosecurity measures for poultry keepers, but advises producers to remain vigilant for signs of infection.

Animal health authorities in Japan have culled a record 9.87 million birds, mostly chickens and ducks, to stop the spread of highly pathogenic bird flu.

Hong Kong has banned imports of poultry meat and poultry products from Niedersachsen in Germany.

Microbial contamination, from bacteria and viruses to molds and mycotoxins, access poultry feed and feed ingredients through a variety of routes. Some routes are naturally occurring, while others are caused by exposure d…

The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) has reported a second outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu at a broiler breeder farm outside Johannesburg.

Over six million birds have been culled in the EU’s largest poultry producer as bird flu cases top 260.