POULTRY
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins unveils 5-point plan to bolster USDA’s efforts to combat foodborne illness.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture says California’s actions under Proposition 12 fly in the face of Federal jurisdiction and regulation over food production and safety under the Egg Products Inspection Act.
Since Brazil confirmed the country’s first HPAI outbreak, others like China and now the European Union have suspended poultry imports.
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Walmart, America’s largest retail grocer, has filed suit against various U.S. poultry companies alleging a conspiracy to inflate chicken prices.
U.S. red meat exports had a strong finish to the third quarter, according to data compiled by USDA agencies (Foreign Agriculture Service and the Economic Research Service).
Overall chicken industry profitability so far this year, when adjusted for the mix of products produced has been slightly better than 2016, which was not a good year and far below 2017’s.
Tyson Foods has opted to build a $300 million chicken processing complex in Tennessee instead of Kansas.
An organic, pasture-based farmer in Georgia has won a legal battle seeking restitution for 160,000 chickens lost to bald eagles.