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Sunday 19 May 2013


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Poland - Coldstore project to serve Baltic reefer trades

Easyfresh Poland (Sealogistics) lead the venture in coordination with local authorities and players Gdansk is a city with 1000 years history, once described as the Hanseatic granary of Europe Now Gdansk is a key port within the Baltic range and with a superb future.

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Friday 10 May 2013


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Poland - Anti-Semitism still rages in Poland as Kosher meat supplies run out

Survey of Polish students commissioned by Jewish community shows 44 percent would "not be happy" to have a Jewish neighbour. The recent ban on Kosher slaughter has meant that the Jewish population have no supply of fresh Kosher meat.

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Sunday 14 April 2013


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Poland - Poland’s Kosher Meat Supply Disappearing after Ban on Slaughter

The status of ritual slaughter in Poland became unclear in November when a Polish court ruled that the government had acted unconstitutionally with its 2004 regulation exempting Jews and Muslims from stunning animals before slaughtering them, as their faiths require.

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Saturday 13 April 2013


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Poland - The most shameful country in the EU

Almost 2,000 representatives of the Polish meat industry protested in front of the Polish Parliament last week demanding legalisation to cover ritual slaughter of animals without stunning.

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Sunday 17 March 2013


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Poland - IKEA blame Poland for criminal deception on horsemeat

Fresh revelations of mass-scale fraud on EU food labelling have fuelled ministers' calls for a joint crackdown on organised crime.

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Poland - New centre of horsemeat scandal

Polish authorities found signs of horse DNA in beef stored at three storage facilities after several countries pointed to Poland as one of the sources of tainted meat that has shaken up the European food industry.

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Sunday 10 March 2013


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Poland - Selling horse meat as beef

Traces of horse DNA were found in beef samples taken from three meat processors in Poland, the Associated Press reported.

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Saturday 16 February 2013


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Poland - They just cannot keep their noses clean

Ireland's government announced Monday that DNA testing has confirmed that Polish meat offcuts imported into Ireland and labeled as beef actually contain up to 75 percent horsemeat, a discovery made as Ireland's food-standards scandal forced a second burger manufacturer to shut operations.

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Saturday 29 December 2012


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Poland - A lesson in economics

As an economic crisis manager, Leszek Balcerowicz has few peers.

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Monday 24 December 2012


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Poland - Adopting the euro by 2016

Poland could adopt the euro as soon as 2016, the president's adviser said on Saturday, encouraging the government to take bolder action to prepare for possibility of joining the shared currency.

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Sunday 09 December 2012


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Poland - Animal Rights activists get a lesson in Hardball

The above is considered humane by the Animal rights/welfare lobbyist, this is a racist argument against the Jews and the Muslims. This is pure Islamophobia and antisemitism against two of the minority minority communities.

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Poland - Government to do a "U Turn" on banning Halal and Kosher slaughter

Our sources in warsaw tell us that Poland is to draft new laws so that it does not have to stop slaughterhouses from producing kosher meat, a prospect that has angered the Jewish community in the country where Nazi Germany massacred millions of Jews during World War Two.

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Sunday 02 December 2012


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Poland - European Jewish Association calls on Poland to reverse a ruling on Kosher ban

The ruling, however, goes in opposition to the European Union’s mandate that allows ritual slaughter out of religious freedom.The last time both dhabiha and shechita slaughter methods were banned was when Hitler outlawed them while Poland was under Nazi occupation during World War II.

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Saturday 03 November 2012


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Poland - OSI building new US$32 million beef plant

On Sept. 27, OSI Food Solutions Poland broke ground for a new production facility in Ostroda featuring a state-of-the-art beef processing plant that will replace an older facility in the area. OSI Group LLC, parent company, is a privately held corporation operating more than 50 facilities in 17 countries.

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Saturday 27 October 2012


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Poland - OSI building new US$32 million beef plant

On Sept. 27, OSI Food Solutions Poland broke ground for a new production facility in Ostroda featuring a state-of-the-art beef processing plant that will replace an older facility in the area.

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Wednesday 27 June 2012


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Poland - Decline in the pig herd

Polish herd continues to fall

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Wednesday 06 June 2012


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Poland - More pork for China

Food exported to China from Poland grew by 50% in 2011, and looks to grow, but pig population is in decline, the Warsaw Business Journal reports.

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Monday 28 May 2012


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Poland - Kosher slaughter alive and well

Poland’s minister of agriculture said he will not bow to activists and ban ritual slaughter in the country.

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Monday 23 April 2012


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Poland - Assurances over meat quality

Move follows the banning of Polish food exports to the Czech Republic in the wake of a scandal where industrial salt was found to have been used in ham processing.

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Wednesday 04 April 2012


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Poland - Vitiva Opens Sales Office in Poland

Vitiva opens a new sales office in Poland to better serve existing and potential customers in Poland. Product expert Peter Dugar, Regional sales manager, and Danuta Banasik, Office manager, will manage the new office to provide the fast growing Polish market the full range of Vitiva’s rosemary-based Oxidation Management System portfolio, including the natural color portfolio Bright’n Color; customized stevia sweetener mixes under brand name Sweet’nVit®; and other functional botanical extracts.

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Thursday 08 March 2012


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Poland - Poultry and egg problems

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency seized 248,000 eggs from Poland at the end of last week.

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Saturday 04 February 2012


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Poland -Animex getting out of the beef business

Polish meat producer Animex is ending beef-production operations at its Morliny brand as part of a restructuring plan that will see 230 employees lose their jobs, reported Puls Biznesu.

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Friday 03 February 2012


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Poland - Poland Gives Green Light to Massive Fracking Efforts

There is perhaps no more controversial energy source after nuclear than "hydraulic fracturing," or "fracking," of subterranean shale deposits containing pockets of natural gas.

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Sunday 25 December 2011


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Poland - Meat industry talks

Three-day talks between the representatives of veterinary services of the European Commission and individual countries of the European Union and representatives of veterinary services of the Customs Union Commission – Russia and Belarus - were held in Warsaw.

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Sunday 27 November 2011


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Poland - ABP Poland going from strength to strength

On behalf of the team at ABP, I am very pleased to announce our acquisition of a beef slaughtering facility in Pniewy Poland.Our Aim is very clear, to develop a trusted network of professional beef producers who will supply us with quality livestock all year round in exchange for an open, transparent and rewarding system of payment.We will engage our European sales and marketing network to develop top commercial outlets for this beef over the next number of months and years.

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Thursday 24 November 2011


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Poland - Meat conference looks at the future

the Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the framework of the Polish presidency. The conference held at the end of October discussed the laws of Eastern Partnership countries and EU law in the area of veterinary and phytosanitary issues, food safety and quality.

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Sunday 23 October 2011


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Poland - Danish Crown to build new meat plant

Sokolow, a Danish Crown subsidiary, plans to consolidate its meat slicing activities to a single plant by building a 13,700-sq.-m. (147,466-sq.-ft.) expansion at the Sokolow Podlaski facility in Poland.

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Wednesday 19 October 2011


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Poland - Danish Crown to build new meat plant

Sokolow, a Danish Crown subsidiary, plans to consolidate its meat slicing activities to a single plant by building a 13,700-sq.-m. (147,466-sq.-ft.) expansion at the Sokolow Podlaski facility in Poland.

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Friday 07 October 2011


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Poland - Poultry exports

Poland could see its strong position in poultry exports threatened as Ukraine and Russia could enter the EU poultry market, the daily Puls Biznesu writes, citing experts.

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Friday 30 September 2011


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Poland - New meat plant for Danish Crown

Sokolow, a Danish Crown subsidiary, plans to consolidate its meat slicing activities to a single plant by building a 13,700-sq.-m. (147,466-sq.-ft.) expansion at the Sokolow Podlaski facility in Poland.

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Tuesday 27 September 2011


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Poland - Farm cooperation with the UK

The two countries share ambitious plans for reform, centred on a more competitive agriculture sector and better incentives to improve the environment.

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Monday 19 September 2011


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Poland - CEJA addresses EU Agriculture Ministers at Informal Council

Addressing EU Agriculture Ministers on the occasion of the Informal Agriculture Council held under the Polish Presidency, CEJA President Joris Baecke reiterated that future policy tools should address young farmers’ needs. The theme of the event was the future promotion policy of agriculture products.

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Sunday 18 September 2011


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Poland - Caged hen problems

The suspicion has been raised by Robert Sturdy, Conservative MEP for East Anglia and a farmer, himself, who is concerned that egg producers in this country could find themselves disadvantaged when the conventional cage ban begins on January 1 2012. Whilst producers in this country have made the investment necessary to switch to either free range or enriched cage production, it is estimated that nearly a quarter of laying hens in the European Union will still be in conventional cages when the ban begins.

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Tuesday 13 September 2011


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Poland - PKM DUDA to vote on target equity

On September 21, the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of PKM DUDA SA will vote on a resolution authorizing the Board to increase the share capital of the Company within the target capital.

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Monday 12 September 2011


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Poland - Drop in grain production

Poland’s grain production and quality will decline this year because of heavy rain in the past weeks, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said.

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Saturday 03 September 2011


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Poland - AIBP Poland – Powitanie

W imieniu zespołu AIBP, z przyjemnością oznajmiam, iż nabyliśmy zakład uboju bydła w w Polsce, w miejscowosci Pniewy. Nasz cel jest bardzo przejrzysty. Pragniemy rozwinąć opierającą się na zaufaniu sieć profesjonalnych producentów wołowiny, którzy przez caly rok bedą nam dostarczać dobry jakościowo żywy inwentarz a w zamian otrzymają otwarty, przejrzysty i dający satysfakcję system płatnosci. Zaangażujemy nasze europejskie kontakty handlowe oraz sieć marketingową aby rozwinąć czołowe rynki zbytu dla polskiej wołowiny w przeciągu kolejnych kilku miesięcy i lat.

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Monday 15 August 2011


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Poland - Polish public debt revaluation

Poland's public debt, but also the citizens' has been growing like an avalanche in the most recent period. Poles' debt increased to 500 billion zloty, but the most important is the dynamics of the increase of the debt.

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Tuesday 14 June 2011


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Poland - Poultry processing

Wipasz, one of Poland’s leading animal feed suppliers, first diversified into poultry processing in 2010 with the acquisition of a 5,000 bph (birds per hour) facility.

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Sunday 05 June 2011


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Poland - Easyfresh appoints Sea Logistics for Poland

Easyfresh, global reefer logistics operator today, announced that an agency agreement has been signed with Sea-Logistics Sp. z o.o . The new venture caters for the current ongoing traffics in/out Poland as well as other ongoing service opportunities encompassing reefer logistics, a.o. a development of a new logistics distribution centre of perishables in one of Polish ports.

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Monday 16 May 2011


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Poland - New poultry plant

The project involves the delivery and installation of a complete wall to wall plant adjacent to the existing factory for Wipasz in Poland, and will be among the most valuable to be initiated in the European poultry processing industry this year.

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Friday 06 May 2011


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Poland - Increase in pork production

Pigmeat production in Poland is expected to continue rising in 2011, although growth will slow as the year progresses, according to recent forecasts from the Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS).

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Sunday 01 May 2011


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Poland - Russian meat bans are political weapons

Critics of Russia's actions also ask whether it is purely a coincidence that the targeted countries all have deep political disputes with Russia

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Thursday 14 April 2011


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Poland - Looking at Food safety

The report describes the outcome of a FVO specific audit in Poland, concerning poultry meat and poultry meat products which took place from 28 September to 8 October 2010, as part of a general audit of Poland on official food and feed controls. The specific audit evaluated the implementation of national measures, aimed at the control of the food safety control system in place governing the production and placing on the market of poultry meat and poultry meat products.

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Tuesday 08 February 2011


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Poland - Poultry industry problems

Until recently, Polish broiler producers tended to build poultry buildings outside of villages and towns so as not disturb inhabitants with unpleasant smells emitted during boiler production.

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Tuesday 18 January 2011


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Poland - Poultry production

Poultry production in Poland is one of the strongest and most profitable branches of national agriculture. Hundreds of large and small poultry farms produce millions of chickens, hens and eggs yearly.

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Tuesday 04 January 2011


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Poland - The poultry industry

Aviagen EPI (producer of Ross breeding stock) and De Heus Pasze in Poland signed an agreement to supply specific feed for Aviagen Grand Parent Stock (GPS). This will be used at the Aviagen breeder farms that supply hatching eggs to their new hatchery in Hilbersdorf (Germany).

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Tuesday 14 December 2010


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Poland - Organic farming

Seminar “New Perspective of Dutch-Polish Organic Agribusiness” was held on the 4th of November 2010 at Polish Embassy in the Hague. The event was organized by the Trade and Investment Promotion Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in cooperation with Dutch and Polish Ministries of Agriculture and branch organizations active in the organic food sector.

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Sunday 14 November 2010


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Poland - New beef processing plant

OSI Group LLC announced today that it has opened its state-of-the-art beef slaughter facility in Gora, Poland, now known as OSI Poland Foodworks, the Aurora, Ill.-based company said in a news release.

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Sunday 07 November 2010


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Poland - Euro 2012 venue for Cobb Germany Polish conference

One of the new hotels built for the Euro 2012 football tournament – the Remes Hotel, near Poznań – was the venue for the Cobb Germany conference for 155 Polish customers including feed mill, hatchery and veterinary representatives.

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Sunday 31 October 2010


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Poland - Farming still in the dark ages

Polish agricultural exports have seen a return to growth after the financial crisis, which affected the farming industry in 2009, with exports falling then for the first time in years.

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Thursday 28 October 2010


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Poland - EU membership was premature

European Union inspectors have raised doubts over the readiness of Poland to comply with the forthcoming ban on the use of conventional laying cages.

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Poland - The pork industry

In less than one month’s time the European Commission will publish a new paper on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Like dutiful stenographers, most of us journalists will present this document as being part of a reform process, when in truth it is nothing of the sort. Rather than advocating a “reform”, the Commission will suggest a few tweaks to an unjust and unsustainable system, otherwise leaving it unchanged.

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Tuesday 12 October 2010


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Poland - The pork industry

The European Union wants member states to introduce their own policies on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by 2012, but the Polish government believes this is a bad idea.

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Tuesday 05 October 2010


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Poland - Grain harvest down 8.5%

Grain output in Poland, the European Union’s third-largest producer behind France and Germany, may be 8.5 percent lower this year at 27.3 million tons, curbed by smaller plantings and poor weather, the Warsaw- based Central Statistical Office said today.

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Wednesday 29 September 2010


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Poland - The poultry industry

A report on animal welfare in Poland has highlighted concerns over the transportation of laying hens and calves, and warns of the apparent lack of preparedness for the ban on conventional battery cages for egg production for 2012.

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Tuesday 28 September 2010


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Poland - Animal welfare concerns

A newly published report from DG SANCO describes the outcome of a Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) specific audit in Poland, carried out from 23 February to 4 March 2010, as part of the general audit of Poland carried out under the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

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Monday 13 September 2010


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Poland - Time for Polish farmers to shape up

MEPs have once again rejected a call from Poland for a five-year delay to the implementation of an EU-wide ban on battery hen cages, it emerged in Brussels this week.

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Thursday 01 July 2010


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Poland - Aviagen’s Polish Seminar A Roaring Success

Aviagen EPI was delighted to welcome representatives from all sectors of Poland’s poultry industry to a three-day technical seminar in the spa town of Dzwirzyno.

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Wednesday 30 June 2010


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Poland - Sale Today of meat processing equipment sees true euro vision

Leading plant and machinery auctioneers within the food industry, Pro Auction, is to hold a timed online auction of meat, poultry and fish processing equipment in Zamosc, Poland on 30 June 2010. The sale is to take place following the decision by one of Poland’s largest food manufacturers, Servo, to close two of its plants.

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Tuesday 29 June 2010


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Poland - Aviagen Poultry

Aviagen EPI was delighted to welcome representatives from all sectors of Poland’s poultry industry to a 3-day technical seminar in the spa town of Dzwirzyno. The event featured a mixture of technical advice and market knowledge and was very well received by customers, says Aviagen. Dariusz Kulik, Aviagen EPI’s Sales Manager for Poland, chaired the seminar, welcoming the audience and introducing each speaker. First up was Patrick Claeys, Aviagen EPI’s GMr, who discussed Aviagen’s European and global activities, as well as providing information on market trends in the region.

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Jan Zandbergen        Lanexco Ltd