About 10 days ago, after a second human case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu was announced, the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) reworked its markup on the issue, not the message.
Since it first struck a commercial poultry flock on U.S. soil in early 2022. avian flu has
Continue Reading That second human bird flu illness brings stepped-up involvement by the CDC
USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) reports that since 2002, 14 states have enacted laws governing their animal agricultural industries’ pre-slaughter production practices. These restrictions to boost the welfare of farm animals may also be causing or at least contributing to current shortages and price increases.
ERS found the policies have
Continue Reading Challenges to growing animal welfare restrictions found ‘largely unsuccessful’
Researchers at Iowa State University are attempting to increase hens’ welfare and health through virtual reality (VR).
In recent years, VR technology has found its way into every part of life. From video games to job training, VR attempts to give users an experience as close to reality as possible.
Continue Reading Could virtual reality be the future of poultry health?
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported on Monday about a worsening Avian influenza crisis in the United States. APHIS reports that more than 22.8 million birds have had to be put to death in the past two months because of the influenza Type A virus (influenza A).
Continue Reading Avian flu outbreaks in U.S. take more than 22.8 million birds in 24 states, so far
Almost seven years ago, the National Chicken Council (NCC) petitioned the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to adopt regulations establishing labeling requirements for not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) stuffed chicken breast products that may appear to be ready-to-eat (RTE) and to issue a Compliance Guideline for developing and communicating validated cooking instructions
Continue Reading National Chicken Council renews petition for cooking instruction changes
A study from the Roslin institute published in BMC Genomics has identified genes in chickens that could offer resistance to harmful bacteria commonly found in poultry and could inform ways to limit the risk of associated food poisoning in people.
The research identified a large number of genes in chicken
Continue Reading Roslin institute identifies genes in chickens that could offer resistance to harmful bacteria
I don’t watch Fox, I value my grey matter.
Someone sent me Tucker’s Friday segment “asking” about the CDC warning of the risks of poultry and Salmonella.
The Fox News host invited Tiara Soleim, a “poultry enthusiast” and former contestant on “The Bachelor,” onto his show Friday night to
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Tucker, shut the cluck up!
The U.S. Department of Agriculure’s partially shut down Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) is being challenged by the deadly and highly contagious Virulent Newcastle disease that’s jumped from backyard poultry to commercial flocks in California.
USDA officials are quick to say that Virulent Newcastle is not a food safety
Continue Reading Virulent Newcastle disease spreads to California’s commercial flocks
Today’s opinion article (May 26, 2018) by Roy Costa RS, MS, entitled “Rose Acres Farms: Another Bad Actor, or a Deeper Problem” deserves a rebuttal from the nation’s egg farmers.
Costa served as an expert witness for Marler Clark LLP when the 2010 Quality Egg Salmonella enteritidis outbreak occurred. Egg
Continue Reading Egg farmers not defined by bad actors; industry is safe, clean
It’s been a record year for so-called backyard flocks, and not in a good way. The live poultry are responsible for 10 Salmonella outbreaks in 2017 — sickening more than 1,100 people across 48 states, killing one.
Although federal officials have concluded their investigations of the 10 outbreaks identified so
Continue Reading Number of illnesses from backyard flocks breaks record
