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Subway shifting all U.S. meat supplies to no antibiotics, ever

By P.J. Huffstutter October 20, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Sandwich chain Subway will start serving antibiotic-free chicken and turkey at its U.S. restaurants next year, and within the next nine years will stop selling any meat from animals given antibiotics, the company said Tuesday. Rivals such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and McDonald’s have announced similar supply-chain shifts, adding pressure on […] Read more

Anconas, a breed that originated in Italy, are among the birds being protected.
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Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

‘Noah’s Ark’ rescue mission for endangered poultry

Rare breed hatchery sends chicks as far away as Brazil

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News July 20, 2015

Reuters — Less than 24 hours after a deadly infection of bird flu was confirmed at a turkey farm north of Des Moines, Iowa, Bud Wood packed about 3,500 rare baby chicks into boxes and put them in the back of a truck. With the delicate birds just hours old, the president of Murray McMurray […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Iowa declares state of emergency over avian flu

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 1, 2015

Reuters — Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak. State agriculture officials on Friday announced four more poultry farms — a million-bird commercial egg laying operation and three turkey farms — have initially tested positive for an H5 strain of the virus. “While […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Tyson to end use of human antibiotics in U.S. chickens by 2017

By P.J. Huffstutter April 28, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. poultry producer, plans to eliminate use of human antibiotics in its chicken flocks by September 2017, one of the most aggressive timetables yet set by an American poultry company. The Arkansas-based chicken and meat company also said Tuesday it is working on ways to curtail such […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

After first lab-grown burger, test-tube chicken is next on menu

By Eric Auchard, tova-cohen March 13, 2015

Tel Aviv/Frankfurt | Reuters — Two years after scientists cooked up the first test-tube beef burger, researchers in Israel are working on an even trickier recipe: the world’s first lab-grown chicken. Professor Amit Gefen, a bioengineer at Tel Aviv University, has begun a year-long feasibility study into manufacturing chicken in a lab, funded by a […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Costco working to end use of human antibiotics in chicken

By Nathan Layne March 6, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Costco Wholesale Corp. is working toward eliminating the sale of chicken and meat from other animals raised with antibiotics that are vital to fighting human infections, senior executives at the third-largest U.S. retailer told Reuters on Thursday. The ongoing push by Costco, which sells 80 million rotisserie chickens a year, highlights […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

McDonald’s to ‘evaluate’ antibiotic use in Canadian chicken

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 4, 2015

The Canadian arm of fast-food giant McDonald’s isn’t yet moving to follow its U.S. counterpart’s plans to phase out use of certain antibiotics on chickens in its supply chain. The U.S. chain announced Wednesday it would move, over the next two years, to only purchase chicken “raised without antibiotics that are important to human medicine.” […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Killers sought in deaths of 300,000 chickens in South Carolina

By Harriet McLeod, GFM Network News March 4, 2015

Charleston | Reuters –– Revenge may be the motive for the killings in South Carolina of more than 300,000 commercial chickens worth about $1.7 million over the past two weeks, authorities said Monday. Birds have been found dead of unnatural causes in 16 chicken houses at six farms that grow chickens for Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

St. John’s chicken packer back in business

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 14, 2014

Newfoundland chicken processor Country Ribbon Inc. has resumed operations after a brief suspension of its federal operating license. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Friday it had suspended the St. John’s company’s license over what the agency called failure to implement “corrective measures required by regulation” to ensure meat safety. [Related story] The company […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

St. John’s chicken plant’s federal license pulled

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 11, 2014

A St. John’s, N.L. chicken slaughter and processing plant has been handed a suspension over the consistency of its food safety systems. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday it has suspended the operating license for Country Ribbon Inc., which markets fresh and frozen chicken, chicken parts, appetizers and deli meats under the Country Ribbon, […] Read more

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Subway shifting all U.S. meat supplies to no antibiotics, ever

‘Noah’s Ark’ rescue mission for endangered poultry

Iowa declares state of emergency over avian flu

Tyson to end use of human antibiotics in U.S. chickens by 2017

After first lab-grown burger, test-tube chicken is next on menu

Costco working to end use of human antibiotics in chicken

McDonald’s to ‘evaluate’ antibiotic use in Canadian chicken

Killers sought in deaths of 300,000 chickens in South Carolina

St. John’s chicken packer back in business

St. John’s chicken plant’s federal license pulled

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