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Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Scotland poultry industry calls for UK government to extend supply chain investigations to chicken
National Farmers Union (NFU) Scotland's Poultry Working Group is urging the UK government to expand its examination of food supply chains to include chicken as concerns grow over the risk of empty store shelves, NFU Scotland reported.
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Aldi secures second-largest share of UK fresh poultry retail market
Discount supermarket chain Aldi has emerged as a dominant player in the UK fresh poultry retail market, securing the second-largest market share, second only to retail giant Tesco, Poultry World reported.
Monday, May 15, 2023
UK considers expanding poultry meat imports from Brazil
The UK is deliberating the possibility of increasing its imports of poultry meat products from Brazil, following revised poultry meat quotas for Brazil set to come into effect in July, Food Safety News reported.
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Brazilian poultry exports to UK to resume after four-year hiatus
Carlos Favaro, Brazil's Minister of Agriculture, has announced that Brazilian poultry exports to the UK, which ceased in 2017, will be re-launched this year, MercoPress reported.
Friday, April 14, 2023
European farmers concerned over unrestrained import of Ukraine's poultry products
European poultry producers are concerned over the influx of Ukrainian poultry products into the region, after the EU lifted import quotas to aid the war-torn country, Poultry World reported.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
UK poultry can be kept outside as bird flu risk eases
The UK government said poultry and captive birds can be kept outside from next week, as the risk of bird flu eases, BBC reported.
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
UK's farming unions call for energy scheme to include poultry
The UK's four farming unions, the National Farmers' Union (NFU), NFU Scotland, NFU Cymru and Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU), have called for the country's Energy and Trade Intensive Industry scheme (ETII) to include horticulture and production ...
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Dutch poultry company Plukon acquires majority stake in competitor Ter Maten
Dutch poultry company Plukon has acquired a majority stake in its competitor JA Ter Maten, purchasing 51% of the competitor's shares for an undisclosed sum, Just Food reported.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
UK poultry sector at "crisis point", says managing director of poultry producer
Poultry farming in the United Kingdom is at "crisis point" and at risk of "going the same way as the egg sector" unless producers see a rapid increase in returns, a leading grower warned.
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Housing orders for UK poultry may not lift until spring as bird flu rages
Christine Middlemiss, the UK Chief Veterinary Officer, said housing orders for UK chickens and hens to stay indoors, imposed in November last year, is likely to remain until spring, when wild birds that carry the bird flu virus migrate else ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Poultry feed deal could lead to higher costs for UK farmers, competition authority says
ForFarmers and Boparan (through 2Agriculture) — both producers and suppliers of poultry feed in the United Kingdom — are planning to combine their animal feed milling operations in a joint venture.
Monday, December 5, 2022
England and Wales, UK, to relax rules on defrosted poultry meat
England and Wales of the United Kingdom were to ease the rules temporarily on defrosted poultry meat due to the impact of bird flu.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Upcoming housing order in Wales, UK, to protect poultry from bird flu during winter
Wales, the United Kingdom, will introduce a mandatory housing order for all poultry and captive birds in a bid to tackle what it described as "heightened risk" of bird flu over the winter months.
Friday, November 18, 2022
Barbados announces a temporary ban on UK poultry imports
Barbados has announced a temporary ban on imports of live birds, poultry, and poultry products from the UK because of confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks there, Loop Caribbean News reported.
Monday, November 14, 2022
Poultry producers in Scotland, UK, call for imposing of birds housing order due to avian influenza threat
Repeated calls were made for Scotland (UK) to immediately impose a housing order on birds at a recent meeting of NFU Scotland's Poultry Working Group, as the country continues to struggle with an ongoing threat from avian influenza.

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