Food safety officials in Ireland are continuing to test for the presence of unlabeled horsemeat in consumer food products as new reports of horsemeat in several foods – including chicken nuggets – were announced in Greece.

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Nine European Union countries, including Greece, face potential legal action for failing to implement new rules on pig welfare, the European Commission said.

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Sirane will have a presence this year at Greece’s new meat show Meat Days. The Athens show will bring together the major players in the country’s meat industry.

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Sirane will have a presence this year at Greece’s new meat show Meat Days. The Athens show will bring together the major players in the country’s meat industry.

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Greek police said Monday they are seeking a farmer who allegedly shot and injured two bystanders videoing a wildfire on the island of Crete after an argument over whether they might be better employed helping to put out the blaze.

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Greece will leave the euro zone on June 18 if the populist government wins the country’s elections on the 17 as the rest of the euro zone rounds on "cheaters," Nick Dewhirst, director at wealth management firm Integral Asset Management, told CNBC.com Monday.

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An outbreak of bluetongue has been reported to the OIE by Mr Spiros Doudounakis, Director, Animal Health Directorate, Athens Greece.

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The outbreaks are all in the Notio Aigaio region.

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It is a slow day in a little Greek Village. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through the village, stops at the local hotel and lays a €100 note on the desk, telling the hotel owner he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night. The owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the €100 note and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou faced calls from within his own party to step down on Tuesday after he threw the nation's euro zone membership into jeopardy by calling a referendum on a bailout package agreed only last week.

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European Union leaders are poised to hold an emergency summit after finance ministers acknowledged for the first time that some form of Greek default may be needed to cut Athens' debts and stop contagion to Italy and Spain.

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Greece is not Uruguay; the Athens debt case is more like Argentina, says economist

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Greece cut back on its frozen chicken imports last year, with frozen chicken orders dropping 18% year-on-year to 14 600 tonnes in the first 11 months of the year.

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Greece maintains its chicken imports Greece's economic crisis seems to have had little effect on chicken trade last year, with latest data from F O Licht for Agra Europe showing lower imports of frozen chicken offset by greater volumes of fresh chicken.

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“Pindos” Ioannina Agricultural Poultry Farming Cooperative, the largest poultry sector cooperative in Greece, has awarded the development of a new hatchery complex to Pas Reform.

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More than 130 people working in the poultry breeding sector in Greece and Cyprus took part in a seminar organised by Anitec in cooperation with Cobb Germany at the Hotel Du Lac at Ioannina.

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Topigs is announces the appointment of George Nicolaou as director of Topigs Hellas effective from 15 November 2010. Mr Nicolaou will be responsible for the business development of Topigs activities in Greece, Bulgaria and Macedonia.

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More than 130 people working in the poultry breeding sector in Greece and Cyprus took part in a seminar organised by Anitec in cooperation with Cobb Germany at the Hotel Du Lac at Ioannina.

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Greek chicken imports were running at a similar level in the first six months of this year to 2009, although fewer orders for frozen chicken were offset by higher supplies of fresh.

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Hellenic Solutions Corporation an engineering and construction firm that specialises in the design, construction and equipping of commercial, agricultural and industrial facilities in Greece, has announced two new projects, Viocot Poultry and Zouras Poultry, totaling €4.15 million.

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Hellenic Solutions Corporation, a leading advisory, engineering and construction firm that specialises in the design, construction and equipping of commercial, agricultural and industrial facilities in Greece, today announced two new projects, Viocot Poultry and Zouras Poultry, totaling €4.15 million.

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Two new poultry projects in Greece - a slaughterhouse and a hatchery - have been approved at a projected cost of €4.15 million.

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The Greek dairy company Mevgal is to be bought by Greece's largest food group, Vivartia, in an €80 million deal.

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A new report from the EU's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) highlights deficiencies in the country's animal welfare controls. According to Europgroup for Animals, Greek central authorities have been criticised by the FVO for failing take sufficient action to ensure the welfare of animals in its import/transit control system and border inspection posts. For example, the authorities were unaware of legislative requirements for the entry of birds and pet animals.

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According to Europgroup for Animals, Greek central authorities have been criticised by the FVO for failing take sufficient action to ensure the welfare of animals in its import/transit control system and border inspection posts. For example, the authorities were unaware of legislative requirements for the entry of birds and pet animals.

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‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini anticipates a ‘double-dip downturn’ and 20% fall in markets With the Euro-zone crisis renewing fears over another financial crisis

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At the end of last week, the US looked hard at Greece and was scared. So tiny an economy should not be bringing all of Europe low and even threatening to explode the euro, but it is. What started as a US financial crisis plunged Europe into recession; was Europe about to return the compliment? What, Americans began to wonder, did Europe’s problems tell them about their own?

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PIC announced the appointment of Nuevo SA to be its new Distributor for Greece and Cyprus. Nuevo, based in Evia, serves the pig and poultry markets in the fields of feed, genetics, animal health and the provision of quality technical service.

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A combined chitosan and thyme treatment with modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) can extend the shelf-life of ready-to-cook poultry products, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Ioannina, Greece, found the dual application of the substances under MAP conditions curbed the growth of bacteria, inhibited lipid oxidation, and maintained the visual and sensory quality of the meat.

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Carrefour and Marinopoulos announce they plan to convert their network of Dia stores in Greece into supermarkets and convenience stores under the Carrefour banners.

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The role of Wall Street firms in deals that may have helped Greece mask its debt woes are under scrutiny in the US, the Federal Reserve chief has said

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Concerns that Greece and other struggling European nations may not be able to repay their debts are focusing investor attention on another big worry

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More so than most other European nations, swathes of Greek agriculture have changed little for hundreds of years, according to the report Greece Agribusiness Report Q1 2010 from Research and Markets

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Hundreds of Greek farmers have marched through the capital Athens demanding more subsidies and higher prices for their goods

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The Meat Industry in Greece 2009 - Meat Is a Basic Food Product in Greece and Its Demand Is Generally Characterized by a Low Flexibility in Terms of Pricing

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Hundreds of Greek farmers have marched through the capital Athens demanding more subsidies and higher prices for their goods

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Hundreds of Greek farmers have marched through the capital Athens demanding more subsidies and higher prices for their goods. The rally came after 10 days of nationwide protests by farmers who blocked main roads with their tractors.

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Greek farmers obstructed access to Bulgaria for the seventh-straight day Friday to protest austerity measures by the country's socialist government, despite international criticism of the blockade

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Greek farmers caused traffic chaos in parts of the country on Monday, blocking main highways and the country's main border crossing to fellow EU member Bulgaria, to demand higher prices for produce, officials said

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Technology developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists that automatically scans poultry carcasses for contamination has been successfully tested in a commercial poultry plant.ARS researchers have improved the hyperspectral imaging system so that it can detect

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This report focuses on Greek grain and rice production, the livestock industry for poultry, beef and pork and the outlook for the dairy industry. It considers recent developments in these sectors and looks at how production levels and consumption trends are likely to play out to the end of our forecast period in 2013. The olive, fruit, goat

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Two of the largest companies in the aquaculture sector in Greece have drawn up a cooperation agreement over the supply of fish feed. Athens Stock Exchange listed Dias Aquaculture S.A and the Greek subsidiary of the international fish feed group BioMar, are developing their

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