Product quality and safety

New research using proprietary feed brands shows their impact of the principal attributes of eggs

Talk radio host Ian Collins in a recent interview with Peter Hardwick, BMPA’s Trade Policy Advisor, remarked on the irony of watching astronauts in Elon Musk’s space shuttle “waving at the camera as they head off to the moon” while down here on earth “we can’t get a pork chop to Paris."…

Research shows that winter cereals are viable options to replace corn in feed for pigs and poultry

The UK's Minister for International Trade joined the British Poultry Council's roundtable on UK-EU trade disruptions on 4 February.

Score a touchdown this year with your Super Bowl LV snacks by keeping bacteria out of the end zone.

Russia’s food safety watchdog said that Chinese customs officials had found coronavirus traces on the packaging of 13 batches of poultry from various companies.

Learn why eggs don't make it to store shelves and how you can monitor eggshell strength

British Lion eggs has launched a £1.3m marketing campaign for 2021 to drive awareness of the Lion mark and capitalise on unprecedented consumer demand for eggs in retail.

Ashley Peterson, Senior VP at the National Chicken Council, offered insights about COVID-19's impact on poultry processing plants.

Tyson Foods Inc settles in price fixing cases and the USDA suggests that poultry supplies could get tighter in 2021.

The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) is receiving more calls from meat companies highlighting the problems they've been experiencing at the borders and warns that these problems are causing a serious and sustained loss of trade with the UK's biggest export partner.…

The International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) has welcomed the first European Food Safety Agency opinion on insect-based feed.

National Farmers Union (NFU) Deputy President Stuart Roberts has written to The Times about eating sustainably and why going meat-free for January may not bring the expected climate benefits.

The World food price index shows that global food prices rose for a seventh consecutive month in December across all major categories except sugar.

The NFU believes that harnessing gene editing technology and biotechnology can help the UK reach its net zero carbon ambitions.

Plans to consult on gene editing – which could unlock substantial benefits to nature, the environment and help farmers with crops resistant to pests, disease or extreme weather and to produce healthier, more nutritious food – will be set out today by Environment Secretary George Eustice in his speech at the Oxford Farming Conference.…

Farm assurance body, Red Tractor, is urging farmers across the UK to participate in a consultation on how its farm standards should evolve beyond 2021.

The United Kingdom left the European Union's orbit on Thursday, turning its back on a tempestuous 48-year liaison with the European project for an uncertain post-Brexit future in its most significant geopolitical shift since the loss of empire.…

Farming unions from the UK and the EU are breathing a sigh of relief after a post-Brexit trade agreement has been formalised, but warn that governments must act quickly to avoid border chaos.

The Pirbright Institute shows that avian influenza viruses can combine two techniques to evade vaccine immunity, aiding their spread in the field