A case of salmonella has been uncovered during sampling at Joice and Hill’s Peterborough hatchery, causing disruption to UK chick supplies. The company said chick lines from its hatch on 26 March and supplied to one of its customers returned a positive for Group B salmonella, with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) confirming the sample as S. typhimurium. “Since this supply date, a number of customer and retained samples from hatcher tray liners have shown positive results and are awaiting formal serotyping from Weybridge,” explained Nick Bailey, managing director at Joice and Hill. APHA has placed Joice and…