News, curated content and updates from the Australian Chicken Meat Federation, including the ACMF’s blog called Chook Chat.
Farmers and chicken companies accept that they have an obligation to ensure the chickens in their care are free from disease and as healthy as possible. To not treat sick birds would compromise their welfare, and potentially allow them to suffer. Disease prevention and control is likewise a key responsibility to the chickens in their care.
If you’ve been reading about bird flu overseas and wondering if it might impact Australia, read on to find out what we are doing to protect our poultry and our population.
‘Is it safe to re-freeze chicken?’. Dr Vivien Kite, Executive Director of the ACMF, sets the record straight. “Yes, you can re-freeze chicken. Just make sure it was properly defrosted in the fridge in the first place, and it hasn’t been longer than 24 hours since you defrosted it.”
Today’s meat chicken looks quite different from its wild ancestor – and quite different from modern laying chickens, which are bred specifically for egg production.
Chicken soup may contain a number of substances with beneficial medicinal activity including an anti-inflammatory mechanism that could ease the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections, according to a new study.
Nostalgic dishes like the Sunday roast are making a comeback as lockdown forces millions of Australians to embrace life’s simple pleasures.
Nothing beats the glory of being warmed from within by chicken soup, the universal cure for whatever ails you, writes Jill Dupleix.
One of the most hotly debated questions in the culinary world is whether or not you should wash raw chicken before cooking it.
Chicken is one of those universally ‘safe’ dishes. There’s a lot you can do with it, most people eat it and it’s easy enough to make into a crowd-pleasing dish.
Chicken is hands-down the nation’s favourite dish. 46 percent of all meat consumed in Australia is chicken – if you don’t include seafood.
Data gathered by AgriFutures Australia shows that chicken is by far the favourite meat of choice among Aussie households, with a reputation for being a lean, healthy, cheap and versatile source of protein.
Research in the USA found that post-pandemic, 91 percent of those surveyed plan to continue eating fresh chicken at home; 30 percent said they will eat more chicken than pre-pandemic.
The Australian Chicken Meat Federation Inc. (ACMF) is the peak coordinating body for participants in the chicken meat industry in Australia.
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