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Free range egg sector presses for change to poultry lockdown rules
The UK egg industry is pressing for a change to lockdown rules that force free range eggs to be sold as barn after birds have been kept inside for 16…
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Retailers fail to attend egg sector's crisis summit at Pig and Poultry Fair
Leaders of the country’s free range egg farmers handed out the empty chair treatment to Britain’s supermarkets at the Pig and Poultry Fair in…
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Egg farmers and retailers to hold crisis summit amid bleak outlook
The UK's largest retailers have been invited to meet with egg producers at a crisis summit today amid a bleak outlook for the sector. Scores of free…
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New case of bird flu confirmed as housing measures relaxed
Authorities have confirmed a new case of highly-pathogenic bird flu in Nottinghamshire, just days after the government relaxed the UK's strict…
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Bird flu: Free range eggs back on shelves after month-long hiatus
Free range eggs are back on supermarket shelves after being unavailable for over a month due to the UK's bird flu measures. From Monday (2 May)…
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Farm fined £44k after malfunctioned shed killed 27,000 chickens
A Leicestershire farming company has been handed a £44,000 fine after a poultry shed malfunctioned killing tens of thousands of chickens. The firm…
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Bleak future for free range egg sector despite end of housing order
More than 27 million free range hens will be allowed outside again after Defra announced the lifting of a mandatory housing order, but the sector…
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Government to lower Britain's bird flu risk level
The government will relax Britain's strict biosecurity measures in place since last autumn to help stem the UK's largest ever outbreak of bird flu…
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Bird flu recorded in Derbyshire as England cases near 100
Highly pathogenic bird flu has been confirmed on a poultry farm in Derbyshire, as total cases of avian influenza in England near 100. Avian influenza…
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Stonegate launches first vitamin enriched egg range
Egg producers Stonegate have launched their first vitamin enriched egg range – ‘Enriched’, for sale this April exclusively in Sainsbury's stores…
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