Industry News
The Importance of Avian Influenza Surveillance
12th April 2019The recent northern winter has had a very limited number of Avian Influenza outbreaks reported. The IEC’s Avian Influenza Global Expert Group considers that this is no reason for producers, whether southern or northern hemisphere producers, to let their guard down.
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Consumer Good Forum - Business Actions Against Forced Labour Booklet
23rd October 2018WEO are happy to have featured in the Consumer Goods Forum’s Business Actions Against Forced Labour Booklet, showcasing how FMCG organisations are turning their commitment into concrete actions.
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Time to Tighten on-farm Monitoring and Biosecurity
8th October 2018Top scientists warn that now is the time to focus on protecting your business against avian influenza outbreaks. It is crucial that you tighten your on-farm Biosecurity systems and very closely monitor your on-farm production, mortality, feed consumption and water intake.
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Egg Industry Announces Commitment to United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals
12th September 2018Today in Kyoto, the World Egg Organisation (WEO) announced the global egg industry’s pledge to work in partnership with the United Nations, to fulfil its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Adding our Voice to the Global Call to End Forced Labour
20th July 2018Think for just a moment about the challenges facing global agriculture and our food system over the coming decades, and you’ll realize—we have a lot of work to do.
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Global egg customers commit to halting deforestation from soy production in the Cerrado
11th June 2018Soy (meal) plays an essential role in feed for the egg industry. However, the increasing global demand for soy as animal feed is leading to deforestation, most significantly in South America which is also an important sourcing region for the egg industry given South America’s high-quality soy production.
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IEC Avian Influenza Expert Group’s new Practical Biosecurity Check List is available to download
11th October 2017IEC has established an Avian Influenza Global Expert Group, made up of leading scientists, vets and industry experts. The long term goal of the group is to help the egg industry move beyond the risk of AI.
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