Bird Flu

Lula's Changes At Brazil Farm Ministry Draw Cries From Food Security Agency

Changes by the new government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to a federal agency tasked with upholding the sanitary standards of Brazilian agricult...

Czech Farm To Cull 220,000 Chickens In Country's Largest Bird Flu Outbreak

Czech authorities are preparing to destroy up to 220,000 hens on a poultry farm in the west of the country after bird flu was discovered there last week, i...

Britain’s Broken Egg Industry Shows The Price Of Food Inflation

In Britain, the damage wrought by rampant inflation can be seen in the fate of the humble egg with farmers saying what they get paid is no longer enough, u...

Some British Supermarkets Implement Eggs Rationing As Bird Flu Hits Supply

Some British supermarkets have started to ration customers' purchase of eggs after supplies were disrupted by avian flu.

France Orders Poultry Indoors As Bird Flu Risk Level Raised To 'High'

France has put the country on 'high' alert for bird flu, forcing poultry farms to keep birds indoors to contain the spread of the highly contagious disease...

Sainsbury's Orders More Turkeys This Year As Britain Faces Bird Flu Outbreak

Sainsbury's has ordered more turkeys for Christmas this year than last year, giving it a buffer in case avian flu hinders supply, its boss has said.

EU Sees Lower Meat And Dairy Output As Weather And Disease Weigh

Meat and dairy production in the European Union is expected to decline this year and next as livestock farms feel the effects of drought, disease outbreaks...

Soaring Egg Prices Force French Food Industry To Change Recipes

A more than doubling in egg prices in France due to soaring feed and energy costs and a lack of supplies after the worst ever bird flu crisis has prompted...