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After 5 years, the UAE has lifted a ban of egg and other poultry products from India. Photo: Kojo Blebu

14-01-2022 | News

UAE lifts ban on poultry from India

A shortage of millions of eggs is anticipated in Israel. Photo: Morgane Perraud

13-01-2022 | News

Bird flu: egg shortage anticipated in Israel

Boatload of 150 baskets of eggs on Soochow creek, Shanghai, China. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Unknown photographer)

07-01-2022 | News

‘Eggs, a useless by-product of raising chickens’ they said

Driven by consumer demand, global companies and industry leaders worldwide are increasingly focusing on improving welfare of chickens in their supply chains. Photo: Rick Barrett

31-12-2021 | News

Focus Brands and Groupe Le Duff abandon eggs from caged hens

An insect diet could suit our hens better they seem to enjoy it and the nutritional and added health benefits are notable. Photo: Koos Groenewold

23-12-2021 | News

UK retailer replaces soya with insects to cut carbon footprint

Implementing split feeding strategies on the farm and assuring best practices for health management can help producers in their efforts to achieve more first-grade eggs. Photo: Public Domain Pictures

14-12-2021 | Article

Supporting eggshell quality and the economics of egg production

Frenz farm have been farming free-range hens since the early 1980s. Photo: Frenz

07-12-2021 | News

Mussel waste fed to hens for nutrition and the environment

"The cage-free eggs market in the region has witnessed substantial growth," said Angela Wong, programme manager of Lever. Photo: Freepik

06-12-2021 | News

Substantial growth for cage-free eggs in Hong Kong

We re bringing even more goodness to people and the planet, says CE, Jonathan Gray. Photo: Waitoa

02-12-2021 | News

New Zealand’s first certified carbon-zero free-range chicken

Confidence in consumer demand for free-range eggs has prompted leading European egg producers to commit not only to phase out cages for laying hens but to phase out combination systems as well. Photo: Peter Roek

30-11-2021 | News

Companies continuing to meet cage-free commitments

Avian influenza

Gordon Hickman, head of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’ (Defra) exotic disease control division, said that while the 2025/6 season had seen substantial losses, the decision to put in housing measures much earlier than in previous years seems to have successful. Photo: Supplied

28-05 | News

Meeting the ongoing challenge of avian influenza in the UK

The government is working together with the poultry sector on a plan to make vaccination against avian influenza mandatory for laying hen farms. Image created with the help of AI.

27-05 | News

Dutch government moves towards mandatory avian influenza vaccination