Cherkizovo Group is reaffirming its ability to provide an uninterrupted and sufficient supply of meat and poultry products to Russian consumers amid the present shopping surge brought on by uncertainties due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A man has been charged with murder for the alleged fatal stabbing of a co-worker at the AlaTrade Foods poultry processing plant in Phenix City, Alabama.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been reported in new regions of Germany and Hungary. The virus has also been detected on farms in Poland and South Africa, and the mild form of the disease has been confirmed on five more turkey farms in the U.S.

The turkey reovirus is an emerging challenge in the industry which will require collaborative action among researchers, breeders and growers to solve.

Coronavirus infections are nothing new to the poultry industry. For as long as anyone can remember, infectious bronchitis (IB) viruses have caused widespread losses in poultry flocks worldwide.