Eggs consumed from poorly maintained Indian poultry farms are more of a health scare than part of healthy diet
5 years, 10 months ago

Eggs consumed from poorly maintained Indian poultry farms are more of a health scare than part of healthy diet

Firstpost  

The best eggs really come from hens that spend their days outdoors in a natural environment and scratch for insects, seeds and earthworms in the soil. Despite India being one of the three largest egg producers in the world, with 47 billion a year, they do not meet international standards, and Indian eggs are rejected for export due to chemicals in and outside the shells. Because a thin shell means that the mother has been ill. Diseases like infectious bronchitis, Newcastle disease, avian influenza and egg drop syndrome, affect the shell quality. The internal contamination of eggs, by Salmonella, is either because the shell is thin enough to be penetrated, or that the egg was contaminated by the infected reproductive organs of the hen.

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Bird flu outbreak in Andhra Pradesh: Burden of bird blight
1 month, 1 week ago

Bird flu outbreak in Andhra Pradesh: Burden of bird blight

The Hindu  

The Zilla Parishad School in Badampudi village, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, usually filled with children’s laughter and lesson chants during the day, was eerily silent on February 13. Eluru District Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, T. Govindaraju, says about 1,000 PPE kits and other safety gear were provided to the 20 teams conducting the culling operation even as he …

How Risky Is It To Drink Eggnog? Food Safety Experts Share Their Concerns
1 year, 3 months ago

How Risky Is It To Drink Eggnog? Food Safety Experts Share Their Concerns

Huff Post  

GMVozd via Getty Images Homemade is usually better, but not necessarily in the case of eggnog. “Raw eggs are the biggest risk because you have a danger of getting salmonella,” said Bill Marler, a food safety litigator. He’s the guy behind pasteurization, a process of zapping perishables like eggs and dairy at high heat just long enough to kill any …

How food becomes poison
2 years, 2 months ago

How food becomes poison

The Hindu  

Food-borne illnesses happen because of the contamination of food by pathogens which can happen at any point of time from the production of raw material in farm, through supply and distribution or slaughter and packing, when these are processed into value-added products and make all the way to the kitchen in homes or commercial food establishments, where poor or careless …

Bird flu: India's chicken and egg problem
4 years, 2 months ago

Bird flu: India's chicken and egg problem

India Today  

With the recent outbreak of avian influenza—commonly known as ‘bird flu’—the poultry industry, already damaged by the pandemic, has been dealt a severe blow. “The CM has asked collectors to monitor the situation in their respective districts and suspend, if there is a need, the trade of poultry and poultry products if bird flu cases are detected in states where …

Mumbai's chickens are host to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, pose serious health risk: Report
5 years, 10 months ago

Mumbai's chickens are host to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, pose serious health risk: Report

Firstpost  

Bacteria in the chickens of Mumbai have developed a high resistance to antibiotics. The bacteria is responsible for severe food poisoning in humans, and antibiotic-resistant Salmonella makes the infection difficult to treat. The chickens develop this high resistance because antibiotics are mixed into food, irrespective of whether they have an infection or don’t, Vikas Jha, lead author of the study, …

Indian poultry farms are breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant pathogens, study finds
7 years, 8 months ago

Indian poultry farms are breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant pathogens, study finds

India TV News  

Indian poultry farms are breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant pathogens, study finds Use of antibiotics for promoting growth in farm animals has seen an upward trend within few years owing to the rising demand for food animal products. For the new study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives on Thursday, researchers collected samples from 530 birds on 18 poultry farms …

Egg export from state shows declining trend in Rajahmundry
8 years, 11 months ago

Egg export from state shows declining trend in Rajahmundry

Deccan Chronicle  

Rajahmundry: The business in eggs in AP will take a hit as the sale of eggs to other states like West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Assam, declines given the governments of those states encouraging the local poultry industry by offering various incentives to their farmers. As the day temperature is expected to rise further in the days ahead, the poultry …

Victorian egg farm recovers from salmonella problem
11 years ago

Victorian egg farm recovers from salmonella problem

ABC  

The owners of a western Victorian egg farm are vaccinating birds for the first time, following a salmonella scare last month. The State Health Department traced the Green Eggs farm, at Great Western, as the alleged source of salmonella and issued a warning against its raw products. Victoria's deputy chief health officer, Dr Michael Ackland, says he's satisfied with the …

The Big Question: Was Edwina Currie right about salmonella in eggs, after all?
18 years, 4 months ago

The Big Question: Was Edwina Currie right about salmonella in eggs, after all?

The Independent  

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