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Polish Contamination
Several outbreaks of Salmonella linked to Polish eggs and poultry products are being investigated by the Food Standards Agency and UK Health Security Agency.
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Read MoreFurther Avian Influenza News
Autumn is upon us and with it an increased risk of avian influenza (AI). Rodents are a well-known source of disease so controlling pests as the weather cools is a crucial part of any farm’s AI control measures.
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Read MoreChickens that can beat avian influenza?
Scientists have successfully used gene editing techniques to limit the spread of bird flu in chickens.
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Read MorePacific trading situation and the UKEP/LIB
In January ’22, David Spackman wrote about the Pacific trading situation and the UKEP/LIB and industry concerns about the import of eggs from other countries that would not meet our high standards or our production regul...
Read MoreFSA Review of Laid in Britain
Members will be pleased to learn that the “Laid In Britain” Assurance Scheme had it’s first full review by the Food Standards Agency very recently, after a few “covid delays”, which was successfully completed to the sati...
Read MoreBabies at Risk?
Sadly, almost half of all babies are not fed eggs – partly due to the needless fears of nursery staff, say researchers. The findings of a new study have raised concerns among experts who point out that evidence demonstra...
Read MoreAvian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ): mandatory housing
The Chief Veterinary Officer has announced that mandatory housing measures for poultry and captive birds, which were introduced across England to help stop the spread of bird flu, will be lifted from 00:01 on Tuesday 18 ...
Read MoreAI Latest - November 2022
Mandatory housing measures for all poultry and captive birds are to be introduced to all areas of England from 00:01 on Monday 7 November, following a decision by the United Kingdom’s Chief Veterinary Officer.
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Read MoreThe Egg Pledge
Our friends at The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) are urging all businesses and individuals involved in free range and organic production to sign its new Egg Pledge.
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Read MoreSupermarket Eggs
The eggs in the major supermarkets continue to fluctuate, with 5p or 10p being added here and there, and even occasional lines being offered at discount on loyalty cards.
None of this benefits the producer, and in most ...
Read MoreMale Chicks
The move towards solving the male layer chicks problem is gaining pace in Europe.
Hatcheries in both Germany and Holland have installed the SELEGGT system, described in an earlier Hotwire.
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Read MoreHeat Stress
The Met. Office are suggesting further outbreaks of very hot weather this Summer. Following reports received of increased mortality in flocks, both FR and enriched cage, in the recent spell, it seems advisable to remind ...
Read MoreUkraine Latest - July 2022
Export of grain continues, but at a very low rate, through Poland and Romania. This is principally due to the need to transfer from the Ukrainian railway system to a different sized European system.
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Read MoreEgg Prices: There is a rumour going around...
There is a rumour going around that the major retailers are already looking at importing eggs, especially if the possibility of a severe contraction of the UK supply comes about, given the dire warning of producers givin...
Read MoreFood Safety and Celebrations
Research into the way food is prepared for picnics, barbecues and camping has revealed gross deficiencies in the care people are taking to maintain a good level of safety in the food they prepare.
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Read MoreUkraine: Farmers finding Mines buried in fields
Farmers all over the country are finding mines buried in fields. Some are unlucky.
One near Chernibiv a 42 year old was killed when the tractor ran over a mine.
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Read MoreEgg Prices Appeals to the Supermarkets
Appeals from several sources, made to the supermarkets to improve prices paid for their eggs, fell, in the main, on stony ground. Their responses were deafening in their silence.
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Read MoreAvian Flu Compulsory Housing Orders Lifted
By the time you read this Hotwire, the compulsory housing orders will have been lifted, and free-range eggs can again be labelled as such.
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Read MoreUkraine Egg Producers
Egg producers in Ukraine have not been without their difficulties before the Russian invasion.
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Read MoreEgg Crisis
April 1st will not be a day of amusement for egg producers. It is the day in which energy prices are set to rise by 54% average. This will be on top of the estimated 40% increase already imposed over the last year.
This...
Read MoreNews from Ukraine
This is a dynamic situation, with changes occurring every day.
This report will be somewhat different, as it will be written as the month of March progresses, and so, items towards the end, may be conflicting or counter...
Read MoreEggs Are In
Eggs seem to be moving out of the “commodity” category, and entering a new phase of popularity.
The Times has featured them amongst 9 items that must be sought out in 2022. Amongst others were watermelon, sea vegetables...
Read MoreChicken eggs
Having looked at the original eggs, perhaps, at the beginning of a New Year we should briefly remind oneself of the virtues of the chicken egg. It is a healthy, natural wholefood that contains a wide range of important n...
Read MoreSo it was the egg
The question that’s been bothering generations – “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” may finally have been answered.
Some years ago, a businessman obtained a collection of broken and intact dinosaur egg from a n...
Read MoreFree Range Egg Marketing Status
Producers are only guaranteed to maintain a free-range egg premium price for up to 16 weeks of being housed, taking us up to 16th March 2022. After that, the risk of free-range eggs being downgraded to 'barn' is a real r...
Read MoreAvian Lock Down Announced From 29th November 2021
On 24th November the Government announced UK wide housing measures, due to the current avian influenza situation. It has instructed poultry farmers and bird keepers to house all birds and comes into force from Monday Nov...
Read MoreStop Press
Further to that reported in Item 5, there have been several other outbreaks of AI in the UK.
a) H5N1 on a premises near Wrexham, on 2nd
b) H5N1 on a premises in Angus, Scotland on 2nd
c) There have been multiple out...
Read MoreLayer Mortality
A recent survey, by Spanish and Brazilian researchers, included results from flocks housed indoors in 16 countries.
A total of 176 million birds were included, kept in 6,040 flocks.
4,407 were cages (3,066 conventional...
Read MoreStocking Density
Last month, we outlined the proposals in those US states that had vowed to become cage-free.
Amongst them, was Massachusetts.
In 2016, the state legislature had voted that until 1st January, stocking density should be ...
Read MoreFlying the flag
Back in May, The Grocer magazine posed the question as to whether it was right to show the Union Flag on food packaging, or had it brought it into disrepute? Should the practice be discontinued?
Naturally, the question ...
Read MoreWorld Egg Day - 8th October
It may seem a little early to be talking of this, but, it is best to plan your promotions ahead of time, to give full impact to any publicity and advertising you are going to make, to ensure your customers are fully awar...
Read MoreUKEPA ‘Laid In Britain’ Assurance Scheme receives FSA approval
UKEPA ‘Laid In Britain’ Assurance Scheme receives FSA approval
An endorsed alternative to The Lion Code
The Laid In Britain Code of Practice, managed by The United Kingdom Egg Producers Association has just received f...
Read MoreAUSTRALIAN MOUSE PLAGUE
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister this week declared that “the only good mouse is a dead mouse.”
Few can have missed the reports in the media of the plague of mice currently afflicting New South Wales, having already ca...
Read MoreINTERNATIONAL TRADE
In many respects, it is good that the UK government has opened negotiations for accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on 22nd June.
We reported earlier, that firs...
Read MoreExploding Eggs
There is a new ‘craze’ going round of putting eggs in a microwave to heat, rather than just boiling them the old-fashioned way.
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Read MoreLaying Hen welfare forum
The LHWF has completed a 2 year study into feather pecking and now Paula Baker and Claire Weeks have produced a comprehensive report on the findings.
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Read MoreInsect-fed hens
Following on from the examination of feeding animals waste, researchers at Reading University, have looked at how consumers would look upon eggs from hens fed insect protein.
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Read MoreSTATISTICS
A few Year-on-Year statistics (data from BFRPA, Defra and others) Supermarket Prices (guide to best value from that source)
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Today’s Price/egg
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Read MoreRESISTANT RODENTS
New survey results show that 74% of rats analysed carry a resistance gene. One in five have two different genes.
Affected rodents have been located in County Durham, West and East Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Merseysi...
Read MoreFREE RANGE AGAIN
With the decline in the number of Avian Influenza cases in Europe, including the UK, Defra Veterinarians have decided the time is right to abandon the compulsory housing order on all poultry.
So, from 23.59hrs (one minu...
Read MoreUS ORGANIC
Last month, we reported that the UK and US had signed equivalence documents, allowing exchange of organic eggs with only an increase in necessary paperwork.
It would be good to know, however, what the US put forward as ...
Read MoreAVIAN INFLUENZA
Back in December, we reported an outbreak of H5N8 on a 1.6 million unit in Russia.
It is now reported by the Vektor Virology and Biotechnology Laboratory, a kind of equivalent to our Porton Down, that 7 workers on that ...
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