Bird Flu

Opinion

Soaring UK food prices could foretell supply shortage, expert warns

25-May-2023 By Bethan Grylls

Food supply is so interconnected globally, and its distribution so inherently fragile, that the UK is only a disaster away from a food supply shortage, an expert in global food security has cautioned.

MPs call for end of ‘unfair’ bird flu compensation rules

12-Dec-2022 By Gwen Ridler

Calls to end ‘fundamentally unfair’ compensation rules for producers affected by the UK’s longest and largest outbreak of bird flu have been made by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee.

Poultry culled after bird flu outbreak

05-May-2017 By Gwen Ridler

Poultry have been culled after an outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) was confirmed at a farm in Lancashire.

Avian flu outbreak farm to cull thousands of birds

15-Feb-2017 By Matt Atherton

About 23,000 birds will be culled in Suffolk, after a case of avian (bird) flu was identified near Redgrave.

Bird flu found in 5,000 birds poses ‘no safety risk’

19-Dec-2016 By Matt Atherton

Bird flu poses no food safety risk for consumers, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) insists, after avian flu (H5N8) was found in 5,000 turkeys at a farm near Louth, Lincolnshire on Friday (December 16).

Scotland urged to be vigilant after bird flu found in Fife

11-Jan-2016 By Laurence Gibbons

A suspected case of bird flu has been identified on a farm in Scotland, causing the country’s government to issue a warning to nearby poultry processors.

Three tested for bird flu yield negative results

06-Feb-2015 By Rod Addy

Three people tested for bird flu at a Hampshire farm returned negative results, Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed.

Bird flu breaks out on Yorkshire duck farm

17-Nov-2014 By Michael Stones

Britain’s first case of bird flu for six years has been confirmed on a duck farm in Yorkshire, after a contagious strain of bird flu was detected on a poultry farm in the Netherlands.

UK food firms unprepared for bird flu

26-Nov-2007

The UK's food industry is badly prepared for bird flu compared with other countries, a leading insurance broker has claimed.Avian flu may cause many...

Bird flu fails to ruffle UK market's feathers

02-May-2006

The European Commission (EC) is to compensate companies in the egg and poultry sector if sales or prices fall as a result of bird flu.Until now, such...