Food Safety Week was the perfect time to answer the most common question that brings people to the Australian Chicken Meat Federation website – “Is it safe to refreeze chicken?” ACMF executive director Dr Vivien Kite sets the record straight. “Yes, you can refreeze chicken,” Dr Kite said. “Just make sure it was properly defrosted…
December 2021 poultry industry headlines: Confusion over refreezing chooks Poultry Hub Australia out and about Egg industry awards announced Australians confused about refreezing chooks Surely caged hens have had their day PHA education and training plans Battery cages protest New SBA sales and marketing manager GAA improves low crude protein diets Evaluation of precision nutrition…
In pig and poultry breeding programs, the animals that provide food for consumers are usually crossbred, while genomic selection takes place in their purebred parental lines. Researchers from Wageningen University and Research have written a review paper on how genomic selection can be optimised for the improvement of crossbred animals. Genomic selection Livestock populations are…
The National Farmers’ Federation has welcomed the announcement of new emissions reduction fund method priorities for 2022. NFF chief executive officer Tony Mahar said the new priorities were strongly aligned with the NFF’s submission on the process. “In particular, the NFF supports the development of an ‘integrated farm method’ that would allow separate ERF land-based…
A New report from animal welfare non-profit the Humane League, which examined supermarkets in 29 states in the US, found chicken breasts demonstrating ‘white striping’ in nearly every one. White striping is a muscle disease reportedly impacting 50-96 percent of fast growing chickens. In the US more than nine billion broiler chickens are processed every…
November 2021 poultry industry headlines: AI risk after high rainfall Blown away by PHA Ideas Exchange 2021 EFA announce awards at AGM PHA Ideas Exchange 2021 White striping a black mark on bulky broiler breeding Ag minister support for sector at UN The effects of severe heat stress in meat chickens Seven myths and truths…
Activity of broilers is related to their gait, but activity recordings alone cannot fully distinguish between birds with a good or a suboptimal gait. That is the main conclusion of a study by Wageningen Livestock Research. Activity tracking and gait scoring Gait or walking ability is often recorded for broilers as an indicator for leg…
Spotty liver disease is an infectious disease caused by the relatively recently identified bacterium campylobacter hepaticus. It has been increasing in prevalence in Australian egg-laying flocks due to an increase in birds farmed extensively, including free range and barn systems, where the chances of faecal-oral transmission of C hepaticus are increased. The only way to…
Yum Brands, the world’s largest restaurant company with close to 50,000 locations globally across its KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and other brands, has released a global policy to transition to 100 percent cage-free eggs in the majority of its locations by 2026 and globally by 2030. This commitment is set to benefit millions of…
October 2021 poultry industry headlines: Research shows Australians’ trust and support for egg industry continues Federal funding secured for local jobs program Thanks to those who provide chickens and eggs to Aussies Aussies trust and support egg industry Roosters rule the roost when it comes to flavour Sustainability and transparency key to new free range…