Insights and Stories on Poultry/Eggs

Two more B.C. poultry farms quarantined for avian flu

Dec. 3, 2014 at 6:22 pm CST

Two Fraser Valley poultry farms — both of which received birds from one of two farms quarantined this week with confirmed cases of H5 avian influenza — are now also under federal quarantine. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday the two traceout farms were “determined to be at high […]

Asian markets block Canadian poultry over bird flu

Dec. 3, 2014 at 3:18 pm CST

By Reuters

Two Fraser Valley farms quarantined with H5 avian flu

Dec. 2, 2014 at 4:28 pm CST

By Staff

Bird flu outbreak in India caused by strain humans can contract

Nov. 27, 2014 at 5:04 pm CST

By Reuters

India orders culling after new bird flu outbreaks

Nov. 25, 2014 at 7:44 pm CST

By Reuters

JBS to buy Australia’s Primo for $1.4B

Nov. 21, 2014 at 5:31 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest beef exporter, has agreed to buy Australian processed foods producer Primo Smallgoods for A$1.45 billion (C$1.41 billion). The company will also buy food company Grupo Big Frango in Brazil for 430 million reais (C$192 million), stepping up the pace […]

By Reuters

Britain confirms H5N8 in ducks on farm in north

Nov. 18, 2014 at 6:34 pm CST

London | Reuters — Bird flu on a duck farm in northern England is the highly contagious H5N8 strain, the same form of the virus already discovered in Germany and the Netherlands, Britain’s farm ministry confirmed on Tuesday. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said that the […]

By Costas Pitas

Olymel plans major expansion at Que. chicken plant

Oct. 22, 2014 at 6:11 pm CDT

Meat packing giant Olymel has announced plans for $10 million in expansions and upgrades at one of its poultry further-processing plants in Quebec’s Monteregie region. The company said Wednesday the planned expansions at its Ste-Rosalie facility will include 15,000 additional square feet of work space and storage, including a third […]

By Staff

A+W tightens chicken supply requirements

Oct. 20, 2014 at 3:57 pm CDT

Canada’s No. 2 burger chain, in the midst of a bid to carve out new market space for its beef and eggs, now plans to differentiate its chicken burgers and chicken strips in the same way. A+W Food Services on Monday announced the latest step in its “Our Ingredients Guarantee” […]

By Staff

A+W pledges another ‘major ingredient change’ ahead

Oct. 15, 2014 at 6:00 am CDT

Canada’s second-biggest burger chain plans to follow up its new sourcing policies for beef and eggs with a third “major ingredient change,” due out next week. While releasing their results for the third quarter ending Sept. 7, A+W Revenue Royalties Income Fund and A+W Food Services of Canada said the […]

By Staff