News that Burger King is going to begin buying eggs and pork from suppliers that do not keep their animals in cages or crates is just the latest in a series of animal-welfare bombshells to hit the North American food industry. Has spring prompted a sudden blossoming of corporate and academic consciences about animal suffering on factory farms? Not quite, but enlightened self-interest is playing a big role. ltd., Canada's biggest grocer, refuses to label its battery-cage eggs as "eggs from...

ENALENI By Shoks Mzolo The market was expecting headline earnings per share to be 25,7c, after Enaleni's trading update issued last month in advance of the annual results. RAUBEX By Nicky Smith In the construction listing frenzy it is reassuring to see that the companies being brought to the market are generally well-established, with respectable records of delivering projects and profits. SALLIES By Brendan Ryan Sallies shares have pulled back nearly 40% from a high of 149c at...

The World Health Organization and 18 developing nations agreed Tuesday to provide fair access to bird flu vaccines after solving a problem with Indonesia over sharing virus samples. WHO's top bird flu official David Heymann said the WHO also was working with pharmaceutical companies and donor countries to build up a possible stockpile of vaccines. Most reported human cases have come in contact with sick birds and it remains an animal disease though officials fear it could mutate to spread...

A northeastern Japan court fined a poultry company and two former executives $15,200 for covering up a bird flu outbreak, a court official and news report said Friday. Associated Press Japanese Court Fines Poultry Farm Associated Press 03. Police in Ibaraki prefecture (state) - where Yokohama-based IKN operates several poultry farms - had arrested the two men last February on suspicion of having submitted false samples during bird flu inspections the local government conducted in August...

Mar 28, 2007 (CIDRAP News) Hong Kong officials concluded that a baby girl who was recently infected with H9N2 avian influenza a strain believed to have pandemic potential probably contracted it from birds, according to recent reports. Tsang said genetic analysis of the H9N2 virus showed that it was entirely of avian origin, suggesting that the child contracted it directly from a bird, the release said. Because the girl had no contact with wild birds before her illness, she may have caught...