Public Health England (PHE) has said any initiative that helps reduce Campylobacter infections is welcomed after a UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey found 70% of chickens sold in UK supermarkets tested positive for the bug.
By Simone Baroke, contributing analyst with Euromonitor
For grocery retailers in many markets, offering cage-free eggs and cruelty-free poultry meat has virtually become the new industry standard. The next point of public contention – namely the unpalatable fate of “wrong-sex” chicks – is already looming large...
A government research institute in The Netherlands says that setting critical limits for the presence of Campylobacter bacteria on chicken meat of 1000 cfu per gram would reduce human disease cases by two thirds, although it may cost the poultry industry...
Zambeef, one of the largest agribusinesses in Zambia, has sold a 49% stake in Zam Chick to the South African-based chicken processing company Rainbow Chicken for US$14.25m as part of a “strategic partnership”.
The increased price of eggs has been the biggest factor behind strong results posted by Ukraine-based international egg and egg products business Avangardco, which boasts hundreds of millions of euros in sales.
Canadian firm AbCelex Technologies has announced a strategic collaboration with major Irish poultry processor the Carton Group to develop products effective against Campylobacter jejeuni.
UK consumers are confused by ‘an abundance’ of animal welfare labels on fresh meat and would prefer a single retailer-own substitute, according to the findings of a new poll.
A report from Irish food safety officials aimed at poultry processors, producers and retailers has set out a series of measures to cut campylobacter contamination along the supply chain.
Arla Foods Ingredients has developed a new formulation of its whey protein Nutrilac to replace eggs in meatballs, which can help food companies cut down costs.
A chicken processing company has been fined for breaching health and safety rules after a worker had the skin torn from the back of his hand in an industrial accident.
Danish consumers may be more willing to pay more for minced pork products with a reduced risk of salmonella contamination – but they prefer it if measures are taken on the farm rather than after slaughter.
The common house fly may pose a threat to the safety of poultry
products as they are able to spread salmonella poisoning to healthy
hens, say researchers.
A new UK study concludes that the huge increase in growth rates of
broiler chickens means that more than a quarter of these
intensively-reared birds have difficulty walking, raising serious
animal welfare and consumer acceptance issues.
Using cold water instead of warm during a second wash of eggs can
help cooling, which reduces the risk of pathogen growth both inside
and outside the shell, according to research published yesterday.
Analysis of fresh, whole broilers bought in the US revealed that 83
per cent harboredCampylobacter or Salmonella, a spike from the 49
per cent level found in 2003, according to Consumer Reports
magazine.
A consumer advocacy group has released the names of poultry
processors whose plants failed federal standards for Salmonella,
faulting the industry and regulators for not doing enough to reduce
the foodborne pathogen.
Tyson Foods revealed Wednesday that plummeting demand for beef and
chicken has impacted sales, as international BSE, arsenic and avian
flu scares dent consumer confidence.
UK-based food processors who use poultry in their products are
likely to face more safety regulations after a government report
singles out chicken meat as the largest contributor to
Campylobacter infections in the country.
One of the world's largest chicken breeding companies says it will
begin selling stock that does not lay fishy smelling brown eggs,
reports Ahmed ElAmin.
Asian food safety authorities concerned by the massive sudan 1
recall in the UK are taking a closer look at their own food chains,
launching new investigations to detect the presence of this illegal
red food dye.
Risk management strategies in place to minimise the harmful food
pathogen salmonella in chickens could focus on the eggshell, as
scientists in the US find that poorer quality eggshells allow the
bacteria to break through into the...
Risk management strategies in place to minimise the harmful food
pathogen salmonella in chickens could focus on the eggshell, as
scientists in the US find that poorer quality eggshells allow the
bacteria to break through into the...
A survey of UK-produced eggs has found that the level of salmonella
contamination is now one third of what it was in 1996. Poultry
producers hope that the findings will go some way to allaying
consumer fears over poultry products,writes...
An industry expert claims that food safety in Europe is lagging
behind the US because supermarkets here don't care enough and
manufacturers don't have enough money to implement adequate
systems. As a result the European...
Ingredients and labelling thereof hit the news again this week
following revelations in the UK that chicken has been bulked up
with water and hydrolysed beef and pork proteins - without the
appropriate labelling.
The BHJ Group has made and agreement with Danpo and Rose Poultry to expand cooperation regarding utilization of by-products from the Danish poultry slaughterhouses through a joint venture.
The US government is allowing farmers to display the new seal,
"Free Farmed" on meat and dairy products to attest that they meet
new voluntary standards...
