Poultry/Eggs, Agriculture News & Resources

Subway says it shut hundreds of U.S. restaurants last year

By Reuters April 20, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — U.S. sandwich chain Subway Restaurants said on Thursday it shut 359 restaurants in the U.S. last year, amid stiff competition in a highly fragmented fast-food industry. Subway, owned by Doctor’s Associates, is the world’s largest fast-food chain by number of restaurants. It had 26,744 locations operating in the U.S. at the end of […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Bird flu redirects trade flow of U.S. chicken, eggs, grains

By Tom Polansek April 14, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Global outbreaks of bird flu in poultry have altered the flow of U.S. chicken meat, eggs and grain around the world, adding to challenges faced by domestic exporters and giving a leg up to Brazil, which has so far escaped the disease. Different strains of avian flu have been detected across […] Read more

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KFC to curb antibiotic use in U.S. chickens it buys

By Lisa Baertlein April 7, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes Los Angeles | Reuters — Yum Brands’ U.S. KFC chain plans to curb the use of antibiotics in its chicken supply, making it the last of the big three chicken restaurants to join the fight against the rise of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs. KFC, the second-biggest U.S. chicken chain by sales after privately […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Top U.S. chicken-producing state sees first case of bird flu

By Tom Polansek March 27, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Georgia has confirmed its first-ever case of bird flu in commercial poultry, its agriculture department said on Monday, widening an outbreak of the disease into the United States’ biggest chicken meat-producing state. A flock of 18,000 chickens used for breeding was culled after testing positive for H7 bird flu, according to […] Read more

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Brazil fears lost market share for meat industry

By Reuters March 22, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s meatpacking industry has been badly damaged by a police investigation into alleged unsanitary and corrupt practices, and could lose upward of 10 per cent of its global market share, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said Wednesday. Maggi told a Senate committee that the main concern was with the China and Hong […] Read more

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Tim’s, Burger King to tighten broiler welfare standards

By Country Guide Staff March 22, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes The owner of the Tim Hortons and Burger King fast food chains plans to have the broiler chicken producers supplying its Canadian and U.S. outlets meet a tighter set of welfare standards within the next seven years. Restaurant Brands International (RBI) announced on its website it will be “pursuing alignment” with Global Animal Partnership (GAP) […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Tennessee, Alabama

By Country Guide Staff March 17, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cross-border travellers coming into Canada from the U.S. are being warned not to bring in raw poultry or eggs from Tennessee or Alabama following outbreaks of avian flu in those states. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday announced restrictions on imports of uncooked poultry products, live birds and/or eggs from those two states until […] Read more

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A+W tightens standards for broiler suppliers’ barns

By Country Guide Staff March 10, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian burger and root beer chain A+W has set up additional standards for broiler barns supplying chicken meat to its restaurants. On top of its existing requirements for raising birds on grain-based diets without the use of antibiotics, the company on Friday announced it would require a new maximum stocking density for birds in its […] Read more

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Low-path bird flu turns up in Wisconsin turkeys

By Reuters March 7, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters — The U.S. has reported an outbreak of avian flu on a farm in Wisconsin, the second in the country in less than a week although the virus found this time is considered less virulent, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. A strain of low-pathogenic H5N2 avian flu […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Bird flu found in Tennessee chicken flock

By Jo Winterbottom March 5, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — A strain of bird flu has been detected in a chicken breeder flock on a Tennessee farm contracted to U.S. food giant Tyson Foods, and the 73,500 birds will be culled to stop the virus from entering the food system, government and company officials said on Sunday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said […] Read more

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Poultry/Eggs

Subway says it shut hundreds of U.S. restaurants last year

Bird flu redirects trade flow of U.S. chicken, eggs, grains

KFC to curb antibiotic use in U.S. chickens it buys

Top U.S. chicken-producing state sees first case of bird flu

Brazil fears lost market share for meat industry

Tim’s, Burger King to tighten broiler welfare standards

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Tennessee, Alabama

A+W tightens standards for broiler suppliers’ barns

Low-path bird flu turns up in Wisconsin turkeys

Bird flu found in Tennessee chicken flock

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