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January 4, 2008
DECEMBER 2007: Next year will see a revitalised British Pig and Poultry Fair, whichfor the first time will feature dedicated poultry seminars in a newpurpose-built theatre, as well as machinery demonstrations.
January 2, 2008
DECEMBER 2007: An innovative egg marketing co-operative is seeking new members.
January 1, 2008
DECEMBER 2007: Poultry keeping experts at The Domestic Fowl Trust are running monthlypoultry keeping courses during 2008, telling beginners all they need toknow to get started.
December 12, 2007
DECEMBER 2007: Celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and HughFearnley-Whittingstall will join forces for a two-week season ofprogrammes on Channel 4 challenging viewers to think before they eat.
November 22, 2007
November 21: As part of the epidemiological investigation a decision has been taken today to declare a fifth premises as a Dangerous Contact. All poultry on this premises will be culled as a precautionary measure. …
November 15, 2007
November 15, 2007: Day-old ducklings imported from the Netherlands are being investigated as a possible route for the H5N1 avian flu virus arriving in Britain, according to a report in The Times.
November 15, 2007
NOVEMBER 15, 2007: The outbreak of H5N1 Avian Flu in Suffolk is no a reason for all organic and free-range birds to be permanently confined, as some commentators have suggested, or for poultry across the…
November 14, 2007
DEFRA has reported that following initial epidemiological work and veterinary assessment, four further premises have been identified as Dangerous Contacts.
November 13, 2007
November 12: Defra has confirmed Avian Influenza in turkeys on a premises near Diss on the Norfolk/Suffolk border after preliminary tests were positive for the H5 strain. The premises also contain ducks and geese. All…
November 6, 2007
November 2007: River Cottage founder Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has launched a campaign to improve conditions of broiler chickens which are factory farmed for meat.
November 5, 2007
November 2007: Emus have been removed from the list of animals requiring a Dangerous Wild Animals Licence.
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