AI Contingency Planning
Brexit bites: the problem of bird flu
Posted by Kerry Maxwell | Jan 7, 2022 | AI Contingency Planning, Opinions, Trade
Plan, Prevent, Protect: Biosecurity and Farm Manag...
Posted by Kerry Maxwell | Dec 10, 2021 | AI Contingency Planning, Issues
Keeping birds safe this winter
Posted by Kerry Maxwell | Oct 30, 2020 | AI Contingency Planning
Bird flu identified in Suffolk
Posted by Shraddha Kaul | Dec 11, 2019 | AI Contingency Planning
BPC Endorses IPC Antimicrobial Stewardship Principles
by Kerry Maxwell | Oct 4, 2023 | AI Contingency Planning, Food On Every Table, Welfare
With the International Poultry Council reiterating its commitment to tackling AMR in the poultry...
Biosecurity photobook highlights good practice
by Kerry Maxwell | Feb 23, 2023 | AI Contingency Planning
Poultry Health and Welfare Group collaborate with Government to compile photo gallery showing good...
Government’s ‘head-in-the-sand’ approach forces British businesses to pay the price
by Kerry Maxwell | Mar 17, 2022 | AI Contingency Planning, Brexit, Food On Every Table, Trade
In the absence of a mutual Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) agreement with our largest trading...
BPC Chief Executive urges “vigilance” after Avian Influenza confirmed
by Kerry Maxwell | Oct 27, 2021 | AI Contingency Planning, Food On Every Table, Issues
Confirmation of Avian Influenza in a Worcestershire wild bird rescue centre near Droitwich Spa,...
Avian Influenza national prevention zone declared
by Kerry Maxwell | Nov 12, 2020 | AI Contingency Planning
An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone has been declared across England, Scotland and Wales. An Avian...
Highly pathogenic Avian flu confirmed at UK farm
by Kerry Maxwell | Nov 4, 2020 | AI Contingency Planning
Avian influenza confirmed in Cheshire unrelated to Kent case. Avian influenza of the H5N8 strain...
Avian Influenza confirmed at UK farms
by Kerry Maxwell | Nov 3, 2020 | AI Contingency Planning
Unrelated cases are at very low risk to public health and food safety. Following the confirmation...
Goose producers prioritise effective biosecurity
by Shraddha Kaul | Sep 24, 2017 | AI Contingency Planning
A family business near Preston, Lancashire which specialises in the production of geese and goose...
Bird flu roadshows to prepare for future outbreaks
by Shraddha Kaul | Sep 7, 2017 | AI Contingency Planning
The Poultry Health and Welfare Group (PHWG) is organising a series of roadshows to share lessons...
Avian flu prevention zone ends in England
by Shraddha Kaul | Jul 18, 2017 | AI Contingency Planning
The Avian Influenza Prevention zone and ban on poultry gatherings has been lifted in England, with...
Bird flu: Two new cases confirmed in Lancashire
by Shraddha Kaul | May 7, 2017 | AI Contingency Planning
Defra has confirmed the country’s twelfth case of H5N8 avian flu in backyard flock of...
Avian Flu Prevention Zone ends in Scotland and Wales
by Shraddha Kaul | May 1, 2017 | AI Contingency Planning
Additional biosecurity rule on poultry in Scotland and Wales to limit the risk of avian flu has...
British Goose Producers’ talk Bird Flu
by Richard Griffiths | Mar 31, 2017 | AI Contingency Planning
The British Goose Producers held their Spring meeting in the beautiful setting of Robert and...
Defra cull ducks as a precaution
by Richard Griffiths | Mar 3, 2017 | AI Contingency Planning
Following the discovery of an outbreak of avian influenza at a neighbouring chicken farm in...
Scotland’s New Bird Flu Controls
by Richard Griffiths | Feb 22, 2017 | AI Contingency Planning
From 00:01 on 28 February 2017, a new Avian Influenza Prevention Zone will come into effect in...
Introduction to Marketing Standards for Free-Range and Organic Poultry Meat
by Richard Griffiths | Feb 9, 2017 | AI Contingency Planning
Why are poultry indoors and not allowed to roam outside? Defra and the Devolved Administrations of...
BPC Opinion on Enhanced Biosecurity Measures For AI
by Richard Griffiths | Feb 8, 2017 | AI Contingency Planning
Today’s statement by Defra on updated measures after 28th February, to reduce the risk...

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