The arrival of egg products from The Netherlands “may make up for about 10% of the supply that’s been lost due to the impact of the avian influenza” in the US, says the American Bakers Association.
Bakers and other big users of eggs could face major supply shortages if the government does not act quickly to allow temporary imports from more egg-producing countries, claims the American Bakers Association (ABA), which says “25% of industrial egg product...
The Kellogg Company has settled a dispute with the Oregon Department of Justice and Attorney General John Kroger over immunity claims it was making for its breakfast cereal, Rice Krispies.
The outbreak of swine flu may have peaked but countries should not lower their guard against the virus which has claimed more than 100 lives and affected nearly 1000 people in 20 countries, warns the World Health Organisation.
Since this story was published Bernard Matthews has confirmed
that sales of some products have fallen by 40 per cent on some days
since the avian influenza outbreak began.
Poultry workers in England are to be offered free seasonal human
flu vaccinations by the Department of Health in a measure to combat
a potential outbreak of bird flu HN51.
The effects of avian influenza on Romania's poultry sectorprovides
a high-profile case study for the rest of Europe on how the
viruscould affect both the supply of the meat and consumers'
demand.
Italy's bid to prop up its ailing poultry sector, hit by a drop in
demand due to avian influenza, may have gone too far, the European
Commission said yesterday.
Hungary has confirmed it has found the avian influenza virus in a
flock of domestic geese, a week after a European Commission report
claimed incidents of bird flu are declining in the EU.
At least one UK poultry processor plans to cut capacity and farmers
are calling for higher payments as the industry is hit by bird flu
and cheaper imports.
The fear "psychosis" caused by avian flu is devastating Italy's
poultry sector, with consumption falling by 70 per cent in the
country, the Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori reported
yesterday.
Germany yesterday became the fifth EU member country to report
finding the deadly form of bird flu in wild birds, while Hungary is
also testing 12 others found dead within its borders.
Food processors need to make disaster plans in case the lastest
outbreak of avian influenza in Europe becomes a global pandemic,
according to risk experts.
How times change for the EU's poultry processing industry, which is
now looking on in horror as their markets melt away in the face of
an onslaught of publicity about avian flu.
Following further reported outbreaks of avian flu in China, Vietnam
and Indonesia, the European Union has said that it will extend its
ban on importing poultry products from Asian countries until 15
December, leaving the regions poultry...
Asian countries vaccinating against bird flu will be carrying out
an uncontrolled experiment in viral evolution that could ultimately
lead to a human pandemic, according to an article in New
Scientist.
Fears that declining poultry production in Asia could decimate the
grain export market remain unfounded, according to International
Grains Council assistant executive director Richard Woodhams. He
also told FoodProductionDaily.com...
ollowing the announcement at the end of last week that a case of
bird flu had been discovered on a Canadian poultry farm,
international authorities have responded by banning all imports of
poultry and related products from Canada.
Drugs based on Australian scientific body CSIRO's research into the
influenza virus have been shown to be effective, in laboratory
tests, against a sample of an H5N1 influenza virus currently
infecting chickens in Asia.
The global threat posed by bird flu is still very much in evidence,
a point the FAO is emphasising as it urges countries to remain
vigilant in light of fresh outbreaks.
A strain of swine flu containing gene segments from birds and
humans as well as from pigs is sweeping across North America. Now
scientists in the US have developed a process called reverse
genetics to try and combat the spread of...
A deadly strain of bird flu has been detected in several Vietnamese
pigs, heightening concern that the aggressive virus could decimate
pork production in Asia. However, the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) held talks yesterday with drugs
firms and international laboratories on developing a vaccine to
fight the bird 'flu virus that is ravaging parts of East Asia.
There are now fears that the crisis...
