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Australian Eggs News
20h ago
Agriculture Victoria has confirmed that an egg farm in northern Victoria has tested positive for H7N8 High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (AI) virus. This is not the H5N1 strain that has significantly impacted other countries in recent years and is not linked to the H7N8 strain that was detected in NSW and the ACT in 2024.
Avian influenza, otherwise known as ‘bird flu’ or ‘AI’, is a type of influenza virus that can cause high numbers of deaths in birds. It is not a risk to the public as it rarely affects humans unless there is direct and close contact with sick birds.
The farm has been quarantined ..read more
Australian Eggs News
2M ago
Australians are being encouraged to keep pavlova and other festive favourites like custard trifle and potato salad on the menu this holiday season as the egg industry continues to bounce back from avian influenza incidents earlier in the year.
The efforts of the poultry industries and authorities to detect, contain and eradicate avian influenza during winter has ensured that production could continue, and farmers were able to focus on the recovery to meet increased demand around the festive season.
“It didn’t always feel like it, but national egg production was still strong despite ..read more
Australian Eggs News
2M ago
· 70% of Australians agree or strongly agree that the egg industry is listening to community and responding through action
· Close to 70% of Australians believe that egg farming has a lower environmental impact than other industries
· 87% rely on eggs as an important staple food
· 78% believe that egg farming is a good use of land
A newly released 2023 Sustainability Framework Community Survey commissioned by Australian Eggs has ..read more
Australian Eggs News
5M ago
New community research from Australian Eggs finds:
· 69 per cent trust the egg industry to act responsibly
· 75 per cent believe the industry is prepared to change its practices in response to community concerns
· 73 per cent of respondents believe the industry aims to be the best at what they do
· 74 percent believe that egg farming has a lower impact on the environment than other industries.
· Nearly 80 per cent agree technology is driving sustainability in the egg indus ..read more
Australian Eggs News
8M ago
Australian Eggs is continuing to work with authorities in responding to a further detection of avian influenza at a commercial egg farm located in the ACT which has commercial links to the first impacted property in NSW. Testing has confirmed the presence of the H7N8 strain of avian influenza, the same strain as identified in the Hawkesbury region.
Overall, there has been one case of avian influenza detected in the ACT, two cases in New South Wales and 8 cases in Victoria with the egg, duck meat and chicken meat industries being impacted.
“The impact of avian influenz ..read more
Australian Eggs News
8M ago
Australian Eggs is continuing to work with NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) and Agriculture Victoria in responding to avian influenza detections in defined areas of New South Wales and Victoria.
There was a second detection of avian influenza over the weekend at a chicken meat facility and importantly, this was within the Restricted Area surrounding the first impacted property. Overall, there has been two cases of avian influenza in poultry farms in New South Wales and 7 in Victoria with the egg, duck meat and chicken meat industries being impacted.
“The impact of a ..read more
Australian Eggs News
8M ago
Australian Eggs is supporting NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) in responding to a detection of avian influenza on an egg producing farm in Greater Sydney Basin, New South Wales. Testing has confirmed the presence of the H7N8 strain of avian influenza which is different to the strain detected in Victoria in recent weeks.
The infected premises is now under quarantine. Steps to eradicate this virus have commenced along with a program of testing and tracing to monitor potential spread. The confirmation of a separate strain of AI to recent Victorian cases suggests that the probable so ..read more
Australian Eggs News
8M ago
Australian Eggs is aware of reports of purchase limits being introduced on egg cartons by a major retailer. While the egg industry is continuing to work with authorities to eradicate avian influenza in Victoria, consumers can be assured that there are still hundreds of egg farms around the country collecting, packing and shipping eggs each day to maintain supply while the impacted farms recover.
“These avian influenza incidents will cause some disruption to egg supply as retailers reorganise their supply but purchase limits or patchy supermarket shelves do not indicate a nation-wide shortage ..read more
Australian Eggs News
8M ago
The egg industry is continuing to work with authorities to eradicate avian influenza in Victoria with additional sites now having been identified within the Control Area around the initial impacted property.
Agriculture Victoria has introduced movement restrictions for all impacted sites and testing is ongoing in surrounding areas to identify infections as early as possible as the threat of wild bird populations remains.
“The entire industry is on high alert and there’s a big operation underway with authorities and egg farms working to address these incidents and minimise ongoi ..read more
Australian Eggs News
9M ago
The egg industry is adopting additional measures to prevent the spread of avian influenza in Victoria with a housing order for poultry being implemented by Agriculture Victoria.
The housing order applies to the Control Areas that have been established around the impacted egg farms in Meredith and Terang and will ensure that poultry is protected from possible contamination in range areas.
The housing order is in addition to the movement controls for the Restricted and Control Areas currently in place. These controls assist with containment and tracing of the virus to prevent f ..read more