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Farmers warned of the dangers of spreading poultry litter
The Veterinary Laboratory Agency (VLA) today announced new guidelines to help farmers protect their stock from botulism. Incidence of suspect…
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Building a better future for England
The England Implementation Group (eig) has today published 'Building a better future for England's kept animals', its first annual report summarising…
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Free range hit by fraud scandal
Defra has warned consumers that millions of cage eggs have been passed off as free range. Officials declared that as much as 1 per cent of the free…
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Fury at French free range imports
Producers have acted angrily to the news that free range eggs produced in France are about to hit the shelves of UK retailers. The shock news was…
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Push for “significant” price increase
A major effort is now underway by packers to secure increased prices from retailers so that money can be urgently passed back to producers. BFREPA…
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Salmonella in 3 per cent of imports
More than three per cent of foreign eggs on sale in British shops are contaminated with salmonella, according to a major new study from the Foods…
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Noble to control 6 out of 10 hens
If Deans and Stonegate are given the green light to merge then the new giant packer will control 60 per cent of free range egg production in Britain…
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Free range comes out best again
Another set of nutritional analysis tests have shown that eggs from hens that range are markedly better for health than cage eggs. The latest…
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Buy british eggs to avoid salmonella risk
Buy British – this is the clear message from the NFU after the Food Standards Agency (FSA) revealed one in 30 boxes of eggs imported into the UK were…
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Consumers in Yorkshire can be sure of where their egg came from
It's on a day like this that you want to know exactly where your eggs have come from. The Harrogate firm Chippindale Foods, which was founded in…
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