Chicken
Megin Nichols, the CDC’s director in the division of foodborne, waterborne and environmental diseases, explains the ties between human, animal and environmental health.
Per capita availabiity of red meat and poultry is projected higher in 2025 and 2026.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says the agency is hyper-focused on poultry, but no vaccine is yet available. The agency has ‘separate work streams’ to address the virus in the ‘cattle and dairy’ industries, but dairy is not part of USDA’s primary focus for now.
Wendy Mosher, CEO at New West Genetics and vice president of Hemp Feed Coalition, says this is something that has been in the works for at least four years
Cybercriminals, cholesterol spiking ice crème flavors or just plain silly lawsuits? It’s becoming harder to distinguish which activities should cause our alarm.
If Upside gets USDA approval next, the company said it could start pumping out 50,000 pounds of “no-kill” meat products every year.
Clear Lab uses a robotic platform to improve food safety and its method shortens testing turnaround times by up to five days.
The Justice Department failed in its third attempt at prosecution of chicken industry executives for price-fixing and bid rigging.
Jury deadlocks over price-fixing, bid-rigging allegations by poultry executives. Prosecutors suggest a third trial but the U.S. District judge wants a explanation from the head of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division first.
Total 2019 meat production in the U.S. is currently projected to reach another record level of 103.3 billion pounds, up 1.3 percent year over year.
Tyson Foods cannot increase prices for chicken and prepared foods fast enough to keep pace with rising costs for raw materials like grain, CEO Donnie King said Monday, reporting higher-than-expected quarterly earnings.
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., the nation’s second-largest U.S. chicken processor, said it has reached a settlement to pay $75 million to a group of poultry buyers in a price-fixing lawsuit.
Pilgrim’s Pride, which produces 20% of U.S. chicken, has entered into a plea agreement with the Department of Justice in its investigation into price-fixing and bid-rigging of chicken products.
Tyson Seeking to Boost Food Brands as It Hunts for Acquisitions
Major importers ban Brazil shipments after food-safety scandal.
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. may be ready to strike a big deal, and it has the means to do it.
Size matters for producers as smaller birds mean bigger profit and fast-food demand for small birds is helping prop up margins.
Company will increase the use of gas stunning in plants.
A Nebraska chicken processing plant is under scruitiny for possible water contamination risks down river in Iowa.
Tyson Foods Inc. has announced a proposal to build a new processing facility near its existing poultry plant in Green Forest, Ark.