Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Countries around the world are closing their borders to the UK; QMS prepared to comply with new procedures

What does closed borders mean for business and holiday travelers and the British food supply

Tyson Foods said on 16 December that it had fired seven managers at an Iowa pork plant after investigating allegations that they took bets on how many employees would catch COVID-19.

Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa visited HIPRA and highlighted the potential of the pharmaceutical company’s innovative facilities for confronting this new stage

The Eden Valley Poultry processing plant in Berwick, Nova Scotia has closed for two weeks after a case of the novel coronavirus was reported, potentially restricting the community’s turkey supply ahead of Christmas.

US poultry company Perdue Farms is urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work to coordinate states’ policies over who will receive the COVID-19 vaccines first, warning that individual, patchwork plans could threaten the success of the vaccination campaign.…

Bird flu continues to roil the European and Asian poultry industries and Chick-Fil-A alleges price fixing in new lawsuit.

Brazil’s meat producers have increased output for global markets in 2020 amid COVID-19 upsets, and is expected to boost production in 2021.

Brazil’s ABPA, a meat lobby that represents major processors like JBS and BRF, has praised local firms for remaining reliable meat suppliers amid the pandemic.

As US companies push to get workers vaccinated, states disagree on who is essential.

Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork processor, has offered to help US health officials distribute COVID-19 vaccines and store them in ultra-cold freezers.

China’s Administration for Market Regulation now requires imported cold-chain food products to undergo a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 before any products can be sold in China.

Two major unions representing Argentina’s agro-export industry have launched an indefinite strike, escalating a stand-off that has been simmering for months.

Between Nov. 4 and 13, Aviagen® Asia Pacific hosted its annual Seminars: Arbor Acres® Training Seminar Asia (AATSA), Indian River® Training Academy (IRTA) and Ross® Asia Training Seminar (RATS). In normal times, the team…

Beijing’s Xinfadi market, which was linked to a COVID-19 outbreak in June, has suspended sales and storage of cold-chain goods and aquatic products.

The cost of a classic Thanksgiving Day dinner has gone down slightly

Canada's Ministers of Agriculture from all levels of government prioritised pandemic recovery and long-term sustainability when making key decisions about the sector.

UK meat processor Cranswick Plc posted a 31 percent jump in first-half profit on 24 November as consumers purchased more Cranswick pork and chicken products while they were on stay-at-home orders.

The last-minute shift towards small Thanksgiving celebrations due to coronavirus restrictions across the US means that turkey farmers are struggling to fill orders for smaller birds.

News of a new COVID-19 vaccine immediately raises the question of how best to allocate the first batches of doses when they become available.