WASHINGTON - Jan 7/04 - SNS -- Poultry slaughter activity dropped 3% during November, with 2.92 billion pounds certified wholesome on a ready-to-cook weight basis, says the USDA. Updated totals for October 2003 show that 3.64 billion pounds were certified. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 7/04 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity in the United States started the year up from year earlier levels, according to the latest weekly data assembled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Jan 8/04 - SNS -- Canadian egg production was down in November, dropping below both the previous month's total and production recorded during the same month in 2002, according to the latest data available from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 9/04 - SNS -- Total turkey production in 2003 inched up 1% from 2002 to 274 million birds, according to the USDA, but growers are indicating they will cut back flocks in 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Jan 14/04 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity continued to advance above year earlier levels during the week ending January 10, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 14/04 - SNS -- Turkey hatchery activity posted a solid decline during December, with January starting with 8% fewer eggs in incubators and 2% fewer poults placed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 14/04 - SNS -- The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) says imports of kosher chicken from Canada are not hurting producers in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 16/04 - SNS -- Supplementing turkey feed with Vitamin E could reduce the chance people will contract the foodborne illness, Listeria when they eat the meat from the bird. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 16/04 - SNS -- The quantity of eggs used by food manufacturers dropped 6% in November to 141 million dozen, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity in the United States remained above year earlier levels for the week ending January 17, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Jan 23/04 - SNS -- The European Commission has banned poultry meat and product imports from Thailand in response to outbreaks of avian influenza (AI) outbreaks in that country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BEIJING - Jan 25/04 - SNS -- China has banned chicken imports from both Thailand and Cambodia because of avian influenza (AI) outbreaks in those countries. It had already banned imports from Vietnam, Japan and South Korea because of the disease. . . . Continue or visitors click here

GENEVA - Jan 25/04 - SNS -- The World Health Organization (WHO) says laboratory tests have confirmed two additional human cases of H5N1 avian influenza in Viet Nam. . . . Continue or visitors click here

GENEVA - Jan 25/04 - SNS -- Investigations into current and past outbreaks of avian influenza in poultry and its spread to people make it clear it is only spread by contact with live birds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Jan 25/04 - SNS -- Japan has banned poultry and chicken meat imports from Indonesia, following that country's confirmation of an outbreak of avian influenza among its chickens. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Jan 27/04 - SNS -- Countries need to work together to help contain the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in several areas in Asia is a threat to human health and a disaster for agricultural production, warns the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a joint statement today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Jan 27/04 - SNS -- Japan has banned chicken imports from China, Laos and Pakistan following confirmation of the first case of avian influenza in China and Laos. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KARACHI - Jan 27/04 - IRIN -- Pakistani poultry farmers face huge economic losses after a strain of the deadly bird-flu virus, which has already claimed lives in Vietnam and Thailand, set into the local chicken breeding pattern and caused the deathsof close to four million chicks, an official from the country's poultry association said on Tuesday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Jan 28/04 - SNS -- CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong, Victoria, is contributing to efforts in southeast Asia to contain the spread of avian influenza throughout the region. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Jan 28/04 - SNS -- The Australian government is monitoring the poultry industry more closely than usual in an effort to prevent the spread of avian influenza (AI) from Indonesia and other Asian countries to its shores. . . . Continue or visitors click here

HONG KONG - Jan 28/04 - SNS -- The Hong Kong government has joined other countries in the region in banning imports of live birds and poultry meat from Indonesia, Pakistan and Laos on account of the suspected outbreak of avian influenza in them. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 28/04 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery data was mixed for thr week ending January 24, with fewer chicks placed and more eggs set than the same week last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Jan 29/04 - SNS -- Australia's agriculture minister in confident the country's quarantine system will keep avian influenza at bay. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 29/04 - SNS -- The impact of avian influenza on international poultry trade flows continues to expand as more countries impose import bans on Asian poultry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 29/04 - SNS -- Egg production in the United States managed s a s,mall increase over the previous year to establish a new production record of 87.2 billion eggs for the year ended November 30, 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BANGKOK - Jan 30/04 - SNS -- Mass cullings of poultry is the only way to eradicate avian influenza in affected regions, notes the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 30/04 - SNS -- Egg production in the United States during December ended up 1% higher than the same month the previous year, according to the USDA., . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Jan 30/04 - SNS -- Chicken production and consumption is expected to grow at a faster rate than initially thought during 2004 as consumers react to rising red meat prices on the country's domestic market. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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