A new strategy statement, detailing the basic principles needed to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR), has been issued by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), alongside…
Month: May 2016
The RSPCA Assured food label, formerly known as Freedom Food, has made a new recipe video on how to make chicken kebabs. The video, which will…
Fifty industry specialists from all over the world recently spent two weeks sharing best practices with each other, touring poultry facilities, attending classes together and sharing…
The Royal Society, which includes many of the world’s most eminent scientists, has launched a “fact-based” Q&A-style guide that is intended to answer the questions that…
The US National Chicken Council (NCC) is petitioning the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to introduce the mandatory labelling of…
Farmers and growers who supply directly to retailers must protect themselves from unfair trading practices by learning more about the way the Groceries Supply Code of…
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced the release of three collaborative grants, totalling £9.5m, for use in research to help combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Taken…
A new 5-year agreement to build and continue the success of the industry-led “Poultry Passport” has been supported by the programme’s backers, British Poultry Council (BPC),…
Serious concern over the UK government’s capacity to deal with multi outbreaks of avian influenza (AI) was voiced during a public debate at the recent Pig…
The animal health group, Origin, has welcomed the addition of Nottingham-based Retford Poultry Partnership to its portfolio, creating a veterinary business spread which now includes Biobest…