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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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...
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...
