According to him, the areas with growth potential in the industry include functional food, convenience food and food ingredients. During the period, the exports of food products which included cocoa and cocoa preparations and fresh, chilled and frozen crustacean increased to RM4. The main food processing projects approved were for the production of palm oil products, fish products, poultry and poultry products, processed fruits and vegetables, cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery, and...

The OIE initially established the virtual vaccine bank for African countries and rapidly assisting infected countries vaccinate poultry populations at risk. Get the latest industry news delivered right to your computer! The supplier was selected by the OIE through an international call for tender based on the quality of the product, the price and quickness of the shipments. The bank is not entirely reliant on physical stocks of vaccines but also on commitments from the supplier to deliver...

Department of Agriculture said last week that Maryland farmers planted 540,000 acres of corn, a 10 percent increase over last year and the largest corn crop in 15 years. The sharp rise in corn planting is driven by the demand for the crop in the production of ethanol, which has boosted prices, said Julia Klapproth, a statistician with the U. Maryland farmers are not alone in their rush to cash in on the nation's move to decrease its dependence on imported oil by using corn to make ethanol,...

Govt urged to step up preparations for bird flu outbreak. Belfast Telegraph - IPR Website of the Year. The Labour Party is calling on the Government to step up Ireland's preparations for a potential bird flu outbreak. The call follows the detection of the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease this week at a chicken farm in the Czech Republic and among wild birds in Germany. Labour TD Mary Upton says she wants a special bio-security unit to be established to oversee all the efforts being...

Richmond - RICHMOND -- Commonwealth Biotechnologies, inc. , announced today that it has been approved by the Department of Health and Human Services under the Select Agent Programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to carry out work on the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) also called the bird flu virus. Richmond - RICHMOND -- Commonwealth Biotechnologies, inc. , announced today that it has been...