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Top award for Yorkshire packer
An innovative marketing idea where consumers can trace locally-produced eggs back to the farm of origin has earned a top industry award for…
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Egg import trucks never checked
Egg inspectors have no powers to check lorries at ports for loads of illegal, unstamped eggs arriving in Britain. This extraordinary loophole in our…
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British Chicken marketing announces fundraising partnership
British Chicken Marketing (BCM) today launched its fundraising partnership with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and aims to raise over £150,000 in…
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Welsh Assembly confident with procedures to deal with avian influenza
"We are confident that we have the ability, knowledge, staff, resources and infrastructure in place to deal swiftly and effectively with an outbreak…
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Salmonella safety increasingly important
Issues concerning vaccine safety are likely to come to the fore as egg producers face increasingly stringent sampling for salmonella following the EU…
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Rocky keeps the peace!
Rocky the Rooster — the big bird in the picture — serves a useful function on Steve Powell's organic free-range unit at Upper Leigh Farm, East…
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The millions who ignore welfare
Millions of consumers completely ignore animal welfare issues when shopping in the supermarket, says a new report. Well over a third of the…
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Noble split must go ahead, says CC
The Competition Commission has ruled for a second time that Noble Foods must be split up again. It has turned down a new producer contracts deal—put…
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'Top of the flocks' - Clarence Court gets into the groove with hen mania
Step aside Travolta, there's a new chick in town! With news that radios are to be installed on all of its farms, the Clarence Court hens are letting…
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Update on Avian Influenza outbreak in Suffolk
Defra today announced changes to the disease control measures put in place to tackle the H5N1 outbreak in Suffolk. At 2pm today, 1 March, the…
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