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Retailers still stocking imported eggs
Two months after they first appeared on the shelves of British supermarkets, foreign free range eggs are still being sold by two of the top five…
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Government flu jab offer… at last
Sixty thousand people working in close contact with poultry are to be offered a free flu jab, the Department of Health has announced. The idea is to…
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Bid to end 12 week shut-in rule
A bid to change the AI twelve week shut-in rule for free range flocks appears to have failed, at least for now. The EU regulation states that if…
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Big merger to be sent packing?
The big egg industry merger is set to be blocked by the Competition Commission. The CC inquiry team has concluded that the coming together of Deans…
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Olympic champion support for British chicken
British Chicken Marketing's (BCM) 2007 campaign has sprinted into action with the signing of former Olympic champion athlete, Sally Gunnell, to front…
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How free range became wide range
Once there was just free range. Now there is such a range of free range products that consumers can choose between an estimated 35 different types…
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New giant powerless on egg price
The giant packer Noble Foods—formed by the merger of Deans and Stonegate—will still be too small to take on the supermarkets over egg prices. That is…
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Morrisons goes Dutch
Somerfield may have been the first UK retailer to import free range eggs when it put French eggs on its shelves last month but it has quickly been…
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Major organic feed crisis looms
The organic egg sector is under threat from a major crisis in the supply of feed ingredients. Producers have been warned that reserves of organic…
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One year on: over 250 million poultry registered
Over 250 million birds are now registered on the Great Britain Poultry Register as part of Defra's programme of measures to help reduce the impact of…
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