Poultry News from Europe

Cobb Europe given go-ahead for £3m poultry facility

  Last Updated: Wednesday 7th of July 2010 11:19:00 PM -0500CDT

Breckland Council in Norfolk is giving the go-ahead for Cobb Europe to construct a 'state-the-art breeding facility' to build over its chicken farm near Bawdeswell.

Used for meat production, Cobb Breeding has been given permission to redevelop its 2.45 hectare site at Elsing Lane Farm after Breckland Council’s development control committee voted in favour of the scheme.

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Lidl in trouble over poultry mislabeling

  Last Updated: Wednesday 7th of July 2010 10:50:00 PM -0500CDT

The Irish Farmers' Association has accused discount retailer Lidl of misleading consumers and undermining Irish poultry producers by selling non-Irish poultry as Irish.

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Poultry free from IPPC constraints

  Last Updated: Wednesday 7th of July 2010 10:43:00 PM -0500CDT

Smaller poultry producers are to remain exempt from the controls imposed by the IPPC Directive, which covers industrial emissions, following a key vote in the European parliament on Wednesday (7 July).

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US delivers a blow to Turkish poultry exports

  Last Updated: Tuesday 6th of July 2010 11:11:00 PM -0500CDT

Turkish poultry producers’ hopes of a surge in Russian exports have been crushed as Moscow renewed its poultry agreement with the United States, its biggest supplier.

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Russia lifts US poultry ban

  Last Updated: Monday 5th of July 2010 11:12:00 PM -0500CDT

Russia, once the largest importer of U.S. chicken, has lifted a seven-month ban on the meat, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday.

U.S. poultry processors may begin submitting new applications to export meat to Russia, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said. Russia blocked the meat in January by slashing the allowable amount of chlorine U.S. processors could use as a disinfectant.

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