Bird flu: Super-infectious SA strain emerges in Mpumalanga
SA’s top poultry body has confirmed two Mpumalanga farms experienced an outbreak of the highly infectious H7 avian flu strain, which is different from the H5N1 one that wiped out more than a million birds in the Western Cape the past few months. Although the third outbreak of avian flu in three months was contained, […]
South Africa reports two outbreaks of H7 bird flu in poultry
South Africa reported two outbreaks of highly pathogenic H7 bird flu in poultry east of Johannesburg, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday. South Africa reports two outbreaks of H7 bird flu in poultry | Reuters
Rise of poultry imports from Ukraine puts EU sector at risk
Senior AVEC (Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade) representatives have met with EU agriculture commissioner, Janusz Wojciechowski, to present data supporting the use of expedited safeguard measures for imports of poultry meat from Ukraine. Rise of poultry imports from Ukraine puts EU sector at risk – Poultry World
Who looks after the consumer?
Who is looking after the interests of the South African consumer around “Poultry”? The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) was established 25 years ago to facilitate fair trade between its members and government. In that pursuit AMIE only works with the facts, and not according to media or lobbyists’ interpretation of the facts. […]
