A resurgent outbreak of a new strain of avian influenza that can be lethal for humans underscores the need for better detection and response systems. This…
Month: March 2017
The UK’s biggest food and drink trade show IFE, showcasing products, trends and talks from around the world, is taking place today and running until Wednesday. The show is…
Cranswick has signed up to a unique charity project called “More Together” with several other businesses in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The project will challenge Cranswick employees…
Red Tractor has teamed up with Massey Ferguson to print 15,000 trailer stickers to help farmers spread the positive message of UK farm assurance. The sticker…
The Nuffield Triennial ‘Farming Fit for Food’ conference day, being held on 8 June at the East Midlands Conference Centre, is set to discover how food…
The NFU has welcomed remarks from Prime Minister Theresa May on food and farming’s future post-Brexit, stating she ‘will continue to back British farmers’. In her…
A US firm has announced it has created poultry without the use of animals. Memphis Meats says it is the first company to make poultry in this way,…
Irish based poultry manure to energy technology specialist, BHSL, has signed a co-operation agreement with draperVENT, one of the UK’s leading experts in poultry house heating…
New figures from UK surveillance bodies show a 17% decline in the number of laboratory reports of human cases of campylobacter in 2016. The Food Standards…
A cheque for £2,400 was handed over to Cancer Research UK (CRUK) this week, thanks to support from the Lakes Free Range Egg Company and Booths…