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Appeals court revives California ban on foie gras

By GFM Network News September 15, 2017

Reuters — A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday revived a California state law banning the sale of foie gras made from force-fed birds. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a January 2015 lower court ruling striking down the law, saying the judge erred in concluding that the ban conflicted with a federal […] Read more

McDonald’s in 2015 launched a billboard campaign in Canada profiling products made using Canadian meat and potatoes. (Dave Bedard photo)

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McDonald’s to start cutting global antibiotic use in chickens

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 23, 2017

Los Angeles | Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. on Wednesday said that it would begin curbing the use of important human antibiotics in its global chicken supply in 2018, as the fast-food giant joins a broad effort to battle dangerous superbugs. McDonald’s is requiring suppliers of its broiler chickens to begin phasing out the use of […] Read more

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Troops to help cull fowl in Philippines’ bird flu battle

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 16, 2017

Manila | Reuters — The Philippines will deploy hundreds of troops to hasten a cull of about 600,000 fowl, the farm minister said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to rein in the Southeast Asian nation’s first outbreak of bird flu. There has been no case of human transmission after the flu was detected on […] Read more

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JBS still seeks U.S. unit IPO

By GFM Network News August 16, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA will proceed with plans to list a U.S.-based unit when market conditions allow, as the world’s No. 1 meatpacker wrestles with a shareholder revolt over the role of the controlling Batista family in a massive graft scandal. In a Tuesday conference call to discuss second-quarter results, CEO Wesley […] Read more

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JBS misses estimates as financial expenses soar

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 15, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, on Monday reported second-quarter income that missed estimates as a spike in net financial expenses and its struggling South American operations weighed on results. JBS reported quarterly net income of 309.8 million reais (C$123.6 million), below a consensus estimate of 603 million reais and […] Read more

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EU summit sought over major egg contamination scare

By GFM Network News August 11, 2017

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Commissioner in charge of food safety has called for a meeting of ministers and national regulatory agencies to discuss a widespread European contamination scare, which has seen shops remove millions of eggs from sale. Tensions have risen between agricultural ministers in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany after traces of […] Read more

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Philippines reports first avian flu outbreak

By GFM Network News August 11, 2017

Manila | Reuters — The Philippines will cull 200,000 chickens, quails and ducks after confirming the country’s first outbreak of bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said on Friday. The avian flu outbreak was detected in a farm in San Luis municipality in Pampanga province, north of the capital Manila, which later spread to five […] Read more

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Tyson posts better-than-expected profit, bets on chicken

By GFM Network News August 8, 2017

Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Monday, sending its shares up 5 percent, and said it would ramp up chicken production in the face of record demand from U.S. consumers. Tyson said it spent more money on advertising and marketing for chicken in the third quarter ended on July 1, bringing […] Read more

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Egg production on the rise

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News July 27, 2017

CNS Canada – Canadian egg production has risen 4.4 per cent in the past year, according to data released today by Statistics Canada. Canadian egg producers generated 64.5 million dozen eggs from May 2016 to May this year, said StatsCan. Placement of hatchery chicks on farms rose four percent to 65.5 million birds from June […] Read more

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Chicken farmers to expand phase-out of antibiotics

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 24, 2017

The national body for Canada’s chicken producers has set new targets to phase out preventive use of the antimicrobials deemed next-to-most important in human medicine. Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) on Tuesday announced that, following the “successful elimination” of Category I antibiotics for disease prevention in chickens, its antimicrobial use strategy will next focus on […] Read more

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Poultry/Eggs

Appeals court revives California ban on foie gras

McDonald’s to start cutting global antibiotic use in chickens

Troops to help cull fowl in Philippines’ bird flu battle

JBS still seeks U.S. unit IPO

JBS misses estimates as financial expenses soar

EU summit sought over major egg contamination scare

Philippines reports first avian flu outbreak

Tyson posts better-than-expected profit, bets on chicken

Egg production on the rise

Chicken farmers to expand phase-out of antibiotics

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