Poultry

White eggs currently account for only 10% of sales but Morrisons says a white egg is a more ‘environmentally friendly egg’ than traditional brown

UK traders will now be able to export poultry to South Africa for the first time in eight years

It follows the launch of a free-range egg producer group

The project, led by APHA, will collect and analyse samples from a range of bird and mammal populations to better understand how the virus behaves

Amends to existing legislation means free-range eggs can continue to be labelled as such during mandatory housing measures, a move Defra said would cut ‘unnecessary red tape and costs for British producers'

Julie Ashfield, managing director of buying at Aldi, said: "We have been able to hit our 100% cage-free target more than a year early."

“These registration changes are a necessary step to help protect the health of kept birds and the general public from future avian disease risks"

The disease has been found in dairy herds across 12 US states

A new grant for hen housing with a budget of more than £20 million is expected to open up for initial applications at the end of June

Poultry farmers in England and Scotland will no longer have to change how their eggs are labelled during housing orders due to avian influenza, saving farmers from costly labelling requirements