January 10, 2008
Supermarket hits back in poultry furore
JANUARY, 10 2008: Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has hit back at criticisms that the poultry meat and eggs on sale in its stores are derived from systems which involve animal suffering.
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January 10, 2008
Soil Association organic chickens truly range free
January 10: The Soil Association has applauded the campaigning efforts of celebrity chefs Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver to improve the welfare standards of chicken production.
January 9, 2008
Mixed reactions to ‘Chicken Run’
January 2008: There are mixed reactions among farmers to Hugh's Chicken Run, the programme being screened nightly on Channel 4, about chicken production systems.
January 8, 2008
More stores only stock free range eggs
JANUARY 2008: Major stores have started clearing their shelves of eggs from caged birds four years before the introduction of a new EU law to stop birds being kept in tiny cages.
January 4, 2008
New Pig and Poultry Fair
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
Egg co-operative innovation
DECEMBER 2007: An innovative egg marketing co-operative is seeking new members.
January 1, 2008
Poultry keeping courses
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
Challenging food fantasies
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
Precautionary culling on a fifth premises
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
‘Dutch link to bird flu outbreak investigated’
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
Don’t confine all birds, says Soil Association
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…
