Prices of poultry products in China could rise sharply as early as next month as the waning H7N9 virus helps consumers regain confidence in poultry meat and eggs, experts said. Since late March, authorities have closed many poultry markets in eastern China to curb the spread of the virus and many consumers have stayed away from poultry products due to fears of being infected by the deadly virus.
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One of Karl Marx's most famous quotes is that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. Ten years ago, Hong Kong was badly hit by severe acute respiratory syndrome because our government had a low sense of crisis and didn't know how to take preventive measures. It was oblivious to the fact that residents in Guangzhou had begun rushing to buy vinegar and Chinese medicine to fend off ...
The proposal for setting up an automatic poultry processing plant in the city may finally see the light of day. The committee that was constituted to look into the issue has submitted its report in favour of hiring a consultant to set up such a plant. Once implemented, the proposal would ensure supply of hygienic meat to the city residents.
The issue will come up for discussion at a meeting of the ...
Chickens likely raised with arsenic-based drugs result in chicken meat that has higher levels of inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
This is the first study to show concentrations of specific forms of arsenic (e.g., inorganic arsenic versus other forms) in retail...
The first of its kind model Environment Control Chambers (ECC) in India for research purposes will be put to use at the Namakkal Veterinary College and Research Centre (VC&RI) from Monday.
"It was established at Rs. 52 lakh — Rs. 47 lakh funded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Rs. 5 lakh from the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University," Dean of VC&RI Dr. K....
Chinese researchers have reportedly confirmed poultry as a source of H7N9 flu among humans but say they found no evidence of person-to-person transmission. A probe into four cases of human H7N9 influenza in eastern Zhejiang province has determined all the patients were exposed to poultry, either through their occupation or visiting so-called wet poultry markets.
The World Health Organisation had pr...
The European Commission has announced that it is taking Greece and Italy to the European Union Court of Justice over their failure to implement the Welfare of Laying Hens Directive, which came into force across the EU in January 2012.
EggsUK egg producers spent more than £400million to meet the new standards.
NFU poultry board chairman Duncan Priestner said: "It is absolutely right that the Europea...
The Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ) executive manager Mathews Ngosa has said there is no law in Zambia which prevents foreign nationals from engaging in poultry farming. Mr Ngosa's remarks come in the wake of concerns raised by some local poultry farmers on the influx of Chinese nationals engaging in the poultry industry.
"A poultry farmer is a poultry farmer regardless of where they come from ...
Poultry farmers gathered outside the premises of some of the country's leading processors and egg packing stations yesterday to protest at the low prices being paid to producers.
The pickets were organised by the IFA's national poultry committee to highlight the plight of farmers, and to draw attention to the failure of retailers and processors to pay them a price that covers their costs and gives ...
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