Supply Chain - Bird Flu

Cal-Maine Foods Halts Egg Production At Texas Facility After Detecting Bird Flu

Egg producer Cal-Maine Foods said it had temporarily halted production at its Texas facility after detecting avian influenza, which has led to the culling...

French Foie Gras Back On Menus After Bird Flu Spares Ducks

A jump in foie gras output this winter as France was virtually spared from bird flu that had ravaged flocks in previous years will allow chefs to have enou...

Philippines Bans Poultry Imports From Belgium, France To Halt Bird Flu Spread

The Philippines' department of agriculture has imposed an indefinite ban on imports of poultry and related products, including wild birds, from Belgium and...

Brazil Dodges Bird Flu Threat To Post Record Chicken Exports, Industry Lobby Says

Brazilian meat exporters managed to ship a record 5.138 million metric tonnes of chicken products in 2023, according to industry lobby ABPA.

French Foie Gras Makers Toast Rising Output After Bird Flu Gloom

French foie gras output is set to rise for the first time in five years in 2023 as France starts vaccinating ducks against bird flu that has destroyed floc...

Lula's Changes At Brazil Farm Ministry Draw Cries From Food Security Agency

Changes by the new government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to a federal agency tasked with upholding the sanitary standards of Brazilian agricult...

Czech Farm To Cull 220,000 Chickens In Country's Largest Bird Flu Outbreak

Czech authorities are preparing to destroy up to 220,000 hens on a poultry farm in the west of the country after bird flu was discovered there last week, i...

Britain’s Broken Egg Industry Shows The Price Of Food Inflation

In Britain, the damage wrought by rampant inflation can be seen in the fate of the humble egg with farmers saying what they get paid is no longer enough, u...