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Retailer's head of technical, Beth Hart, speaks about Mike Coupe's overhaul of supplier specs and what to expect from a Sainsbury's 'Quality Week'

The French government has proposed to invest €600 million in order to aid the country’s pig, poultry, beef and dairy sector, which is going through what is called the deepest crisis in decades.

Less than a year after eliminating the routine use of human antibiotics in its chicken production, US poultry producer, Perdue Farms has announced it is now raising more than half its chickens with no antibiotics of any kind – human or animal.

Seven species of Eimeria are known to infect chickens and cause the disease Coccidiosis. The company Poulpharm has now developed a semi-quantitative qPCR for all these Eimeria species of chickens and six species of turkeys.

The exotic salad market is burgeoning as consumers choose new flavours with fruit, grain and protein additions, leading to plenty of new opportunities for suppliers

More relaxed regulations for biopesticides could help fill gap created by withdrawal and restrictions on chemical products

Companies will ‘absolutely’ look to reduce staff numbers, as well as switching to less labour-intensive growing systems

Fears are growing that without timely intervention to stem outbreaks of the highly virulent avian flu virus H5N1 across West Africa, further spread across the region and beyond is inevitable, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has said.

Chicken consumption in the United States remains high in 2015 in the two primary purchase channels, supermarket and food service establishments, according to new research presented at the 2015 Chicken Marketing Seminar.

Farming minister visits Fruit Focus and claims weather-resistant new varieties are giving the industry a boost

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