We’re keeping our finger on the pulse and bring you a comprehensive summary of the latest business updates from the poultry industry worldwide.
By the end of 2020, KFC and Moscow-based 3D bioprinting solutions want to create chicken nuggets by means of bioprinting technology. The project aims to create the world’s first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets made of chicken cells and plant material.
Brazil exported almost 1 million tons of halal chicken for Islamic countries during the first semester of 2020, according to data from ABPA (Brazilian Association of Animal Protein). Up to 40% of Brazilian exports respect these religious and sanitary standards.
One of the UK’s leading academic research centres is involved in a £3m project that could transform food production systems.
In March 2020, the measures put in place in Senegal to curb the spread of Covid-19 greatly affected the economy.
Italian researchers compared the quality of eggs from indigenous chicken breeds and commercial layers and saw positive potential in the gene pool of native birds.
Russia’s biggest meat producer Cherkizovo and Spain’s Grupo Fuertes have opened a new plant as part of the Tambov Turkey project, which is ranked the second-largest turkey meat production complex in the country.
A number of workers at another Moy Park chicken processing factory in Northern Ireland have tested positive for Covid-19.
As it travels around the globe the coronavirus is disrupting large parts of society and the economy. Covid-19 has not left the poultry production chain untouched either, infecting workers, disrupting the supply chain and impacting demand. Poultry World reports.
The Ministers and Secretaries of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Rural Development of the Americas have defended “scientific principles” against unnecessary restrictions for trade due to the Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual meeting last July 13th.
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