Category: Insights

Chickens or hens? How many people know the difference?

Chickens or hens? How many people know the difference?

Very few people really know anything about the poultry farming system and the poultry breeds destined for the food chain.
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Beak reduction of chicks: what is it?

Beak reduction of chicks: what is it?

Animal welfare issues in the poultry sector are numerous and equally numerous are the criticisms made of intensive/protected poultry farming.
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Which hen laid the egg?

Which hen laid the egg?

About the origin of eggs according to different types of farming (link to egg identification):   “ORGANIC FARMING EGGS (code
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Where do eggs for food use come from?

Where do eggs for food use come from?

In order to identify the origin of eggs, since 2004 all chicken eggs produced in the European Union must bear
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Avian influenza (AI): where, how, when (part two)

Avian influenza (AI): where, how, when (part two)

Avian Influenza (AI) was described in birds for the first time in the world in 1878, by an Italian: Professor
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Avian influenza (AI): where, how, when (part one)

Avian influenza (AI): where, how, when (part one)

A correct handling of communication problems in the poultry sector is becoming increasingly important. The editorial staff of M.A.C. is
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One Egg Each? We Are 8 Billion

One Egg Each? We Are 8 Billion

If everyone raised their own chickens and hens… (part two)   Healthy food? We should learn what the nutritional needs
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One Egg Each? We Are 8 Billion

One Egg Each? We Are 8 Billion

If everyone raised their own chickens and hens… (part one) M.A.C. aims to help people who are uninformed about the
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Animal welfare is ensured by the interests of breeders and the entire supply chain

Animal welfare is ensured by the interests of breeders and the entire supply chain

Animal welfare is influenced by the possibility to experience interactions with fellow animals, to express their natural behaviour and not
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Avec launches the Sustainability Charter: the European chicken meat sector’s commitment to a more sustainable future

Avec launches the Sustainability Charter: the European chicken meat sector’s commitment to a more sustainable future

The European organisation of poultry meat producers, Avec, launches the ‘Sustainability Charter’, symbolising the European chicken meat sector’s commitment to
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