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- Organic Poultry - Meat Birds
- In recent years there has evolved several different methods or systems for raising small flocks of meat birds. These systems vary in how the birds are housed, fed and managed. There is an increasing demand for quality chicken raised in a more natural system, whether free range, pastured or organic....
- White papers 2002-03-01
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- Bird droppings prime origin of bird flu, says WHO as it confirms fourth death
- GENEVA AFP ? Bird flu, which has killed at least four people in Vietnam, is largely transmitted through bird droppings and uncooked meat, the World Health Organisation WHO said, casting doubt over the need to ban imports of chicken meat. When a contaminated chicken makes an excrement the H5N1...
- Research articles 2004-01-16
- Bird Flu Crisis: Thai Commerce Ministry Keeps Tabs on Prices of Red Meat.
- By Woranuj Maneerungsee, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 28--The Commerce Ministry says it is closely monitoring prices for red meat and fish as consumers avoid poultry due to health concerns from the bird flu crisis. Prices...
- Research articles 2004-01-28
- China's poultry industry to suffer severe loss from bird flu
- BEIJING AFP ? Nearly two weeks after China declared "initial" victory over bird flu, most countries have yet to resume imports of Chinese chicken meat, threatening the poultry industry with severe losses. China's production of poultry meat is expected to fall by 20 percent this year, caused partly by...
- Research articles 2004-03-29
- Meat industry in Thailand seeks relief to offset losses.
- Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 29--The local livestock industry wants the Commerce Ministry to waive the 5 percent import tariff on soybean meal to offset losses from reduced meat consumption and intense competition with imported meat. ...
- Research articles 2004-10-29
- New meat sanitation regs kick in: industry keeps an eye on plant operations (Food Safety & Inspection Service rules for poultry and meat industries)
- USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a new set of rules for poultry and meat processors effective Jan 27, 1997. The new rules require slaughter houses and food processing plants to have written sanitation standard operating procedures. They must also inspect their plants everyday to ensure that pre-operational...
- Research articles 1997-03-01
- France, Netherlands seek EU approval to vaccinate poultry for bird flu
- BRUSSELS AFP — France and The Netherlands, desperate to maintain consumer confidence in poultry meat, sought European Commission approval to vaccinate flocks against bird flu. Amid scepticism that vaccinations can keep at bay the potentially lethal H5N1 bird flu strain, present now in at least six EU states, France...
- Research articles 2006-02-21
- EU lifts South African ostrich meat ban
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — The European Union has lifted a two-year ban on South African ostrich meat imposed after bird flu fears which led to the culling of tens of thousands of birds. "The European Union informed South Africa that it accepts the country's status as free from highly pathogenic notifiable...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Manufacturing index declines as Thai meat production slows down.
- Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 4--The industrial manufacturing index in August dropped from the previous month by 4 percent to 126.84 points due mainly to the decreased production of meat and meat products to cut the risk of the ...
- Research articles 2004-10-04
- New shipper review for freshwater crawfish tail meat from China.(Brief Article)
- NEW SHIPPER REVIEW FOR FRESHWATER CRAWFISH TAIL MEAT FROM CHINA: The Department of Commerce received timely requests from Siyang Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. and its producer Anhui Golden Bird Agricultural & Side-Line Products Development Co., Ltd., Yancheng Fuda Foods Co., Ltd. Fuda and Qingdao Xiyuan Refrigerate...
- Research articles 2003-11-10
- U.S.-Mexico Broiler Trade: A Bird's Eye View
- Mexico, with its rising middle class, is a growing market for U.S. broilers, especially for dark meat. Broiler trade between the United States and Mexico has been restricted to shipments mainly emanating from the United States, with the United States shipping mostly dark meat to Mexico. This study examines sanitary...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Japan stepping up measures to contain bird flu
- TOKYO AFP ? Japan stepped up measures to isolate its first outbreak of bird flu in 79 years while preparing to check if migratory birds have brought in the disease which appeared in neighbouring South Korea last month. Health officials started disinfecting vehicles carrying chicken feed and other necessities...
- Research articles 2004-01-15
- US rocker Chrissie Hynde tells bird flu-hit Thais to go vegetarian
- BANGKOK AFP ? American rocker Chrissie Hynde joined animal rights activists in a protest to persuade bird flu-hit Thailand to spurn meat-eating and turn vegetarian. Wearing her signature cowboy hat, the 52-year-old teamed up with a campaigner dressed in a chicken suit and a gas mask for the demonstration...
- Research articles 2004-02-22
- South Africa bans ostrich movement after bird flu fears
- SAfrica-ostrich-flu JOHANNESBURG AFP ? South Africa banned the movement of ostriches from Eastern Cape province after cases of suspected bird flu were reported from three ostrich farms in the region. Cobus Dowry, the provincial agriculture minister for the neighbouring Western Cape province, said road controls had been...
- Research articles 2004-08-04
- South Africa culls ostriches to contain bird flu outbreak
- JOHANNESBURG AFP ? South Africa, the world's largest exporter of ostrich meat, began slaughtering thousands of ostriches to contain an outbreak of bird flu as the government offered compensation to the farmers. "It has commenced," agriculture ministry official Segoati Mahlangu told AFP of the culling that is expected to...
- Research articles 2004-08-10
- More South African ostriches slaughtered to stem bird flu
- JOHANNESBURG AFP ? South Africa was culling thousands of ostriches from two farms for a second day to contain an outbreak of bird flu that has led to a ban on poultry exports from the world's largest ostrich meat producer. "It is continuing today," agriculture ministry official Segoati Mahlangu...
- Research articles 2004-08-11
- Study links migrating ducks to deadly bird flu in Korea
- SEOUL AFP — A nine-month probe has linked migrating ducks to the deadly bird flu outbreak in South Korea earlier this year. Researchers at the National Veterinary Quarantine Service said ducks and other migratory birds were the most likely source of the outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Growing 'backyard' farms spread deadly bird flu virus: WHO
- MANILA AFP — Asia's dense human population and growing demand for chicken meat are key reasons for the rapid and persistent spread of the lethal bird flu virus, a top World Health Organization official warned. "Ducks, chickens and humans mingle together" in cramped environments helping spread the disease through...
- Research articles 2005-10-14
- Turkey appeals for calm over bird flu virus
- ANKARA AFP — Turkey sought to reassure a nervous public after the discovery of a lethal bird flu strain, as the government banned the hunting of wild birds in a bid to prevent the virus spreading further. Amid plunging sales of poultry meat and people rushing to pharmacies in...
- Research articles 2005-10-14
- Greek consumers shun poultry amid bird flu fears
- ATHENS AFP — Sales of poultry in Greece have plummeted by up to 70 percent since a suspected case of bird flu was reported on an eastern Aegean Sea islet, a union of Greek meat vendors told AFP. "Poultry sales have fallen by between 60 and 70 percent since...
- Research articles 2005-10-20
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