Poultry Around the World

Egg-based coating helps protect fruit and vegetables

Natural preservative could offer sustainable tool to reduce food waste and raise sustainability

June 5, 2020

Mark Clements

Eggs combined with other natural substances could offer a cheap method to preserve fruit and vegetables.

Can COVID-19 lessons be applied more broadly to food?

The difficulties and challenges brought under the spotlight by the novel coronavirus pandemic have, in reality, long existed.

May 22, 2020

Mark Clements

World Food Safety seeks to help improve safety in the food chain, reduce illnesses and save lives. There are many lessons that can be learned from the current pandemic.

Avian influenza breakthrough could have wider implications

A new approach to controlling avian influenza could not only offer quicker protection than vaccines but offers hope for other poultry and human diseases.

May 6, 2020

Mark Clements

Modified antibody segments could reduce the symptoms and spread of avian influenza and offer potential for wider disease use.

What poultry producers are saying about the COVID-19 pandemic

Disruptions caused the novel coronavirus have hit broiler and egg produces in a variety of ways

April 24, 2020

Mark Clements

A survey of broiler and egg producers to discover the impact of COVID-19 on their business reflects the disease’s progression around the globe. Learn what producers have to say about how the disease is directly affecting their businesses.

Brazilian poultry industry launches COVID-19 response video

Initiative highlights steps taken to protect the health of meat plant workers and public.

April 16, 2020

Mark Clements

Video reassures processing plant workers and the public alike of measures taken to protect them from the novel coronavirus COVID-19

How far will COVID-19 disrupt poultry, wider food supply?

Some producers cannot keep up with current demand, while others have seen sales evaporate but, longer-term, all food companies may have to face far more complex problems.

April 7, 2020

Mark Clements

Food businesses have seen major disruptions due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, but greater problems could emerge without careful planning.

How COVID-19 has hurt China’s poultry industry

While the rest of the world battens down, the least affected areas of China are now functioning more normally, but it will take time for the poultry industry to recover.

March 20, 2020

Mark Clements

The novel coronavirus, while not infecting chickens, has significantly harmed China’s broiler and egg industries.

Italy’s poultry industry paying high price for COVID-19

Difficulties grow for Italian producers at home and abroad, as novel coronavirus hits markets.

March 13, 2020

Mark Clements

Italy's poultry industry will be hard hit by the novel coronavirus COVID-19, with a shrinking market at home and restrictions imposed by customers beyond the country's borders.

New poultry disease phone app to help farmers

Poultry disease reference tool available at the touch of a button, swipe of a screen

March 6, 2020

Mark Clements

Learn about an Android app to help poultry farmers recognize disease, manage flocks.

Chicken rumors no help in COVID-19 control

Coronavirus posts on social media in India and Pakistan warning of the dangers of eating chicken are harming poultry producers and do nothing to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

February 28, 2020

Mark Clements

Rumors circulating in India, associating the novel coronavirus with poultry consumption, do nothing to stop the spread of the virus, and do more harm than good.