Hygiene & Biosecurity

POLAND

New ASF outbreaks in Poland

The number of pigs culled in the first 7 months of the year is already larger than the one report...


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USA

Tyson Foods plans thousands of COVID-19 tests per week

The measure will be applied to workers in US plants and comes after a ban for poultry products in...


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INTERNATIONAL

OIE and FAO call for global action against ASF

Global efforts are needed to stop the spreading of the disease, warns both organisations.


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INTERNATIONAL

Meat consumption linked to COVID-19

UN experts are warning about the risk of other pandemic crisis due to unsustainable agricultural ...


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CHINA

New flu virus found in Chinese pigs presents pandemic risk

A team of researchers found a “G4” strain of H1N1 with all the "essential hallmarks of a candidat...


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AUSTRALIA

Bird flu hits Australia

43,000 birds culled on a farm near Melbourne.


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GERMANY

Tonnies sets restructuring plan

Rheda plant is to reopen gradually with new hygiene measures put in place.


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GERMANY

Meat producers are switching from subcontractors to direct employment

Danish Crown, Tonnies, Westfleisch, Westcrown, Willms and PHW are some majors players in Germany ...


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ASIA

Indonesia takes measures to protect against new swine flu

The virus, recently described by a Chinese research team as having pandemic potential, is worryin...


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GERMANY

Tonnies plant, the largest COVID-19 cluster in the EU

1,300 workers found infected at Rheda slaughterhouse. China suspends pork imports from the larges...


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