Koch Foods Plans Ohio Plant Expansion
Koch Foods is planning to double the size of its chicken processing and packaging plant in Fairfield, Ohio. The company plans to spend $45 million on the project, which includes construction of a...
View ArticleNational Institute for Animal Agriculture Symposium on Antibiotics for Food...
The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) will host “A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Use and Resistance: A Dialogue for a Common Purpose” symposium on November 13-15, 2012 in...
View ArticleFSIS Requesting Comments on Product Recalls and Related Issues
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is accepting comments through August 13 on information collections associated with voluntary recalls of meat and poultry products. A firm that has...
View ArticleFSIS Adds Lactic Acid for Poultry to Safe Ingredient List
On July 5, 2012, FSIS issued Directive 7120.1 Revision 12 approving the use of up to 5 percent lactic acid solution on post-chill poultry carcasses, meat, parts, trim and giblets, according to the...
View ArticleFDA/Alliance to Develop 100,000 Food Pathogen Genome Database
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the University of California, Davis, Agilent Technologies, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week that the collaboration will...
View ArticleNext Food Defense Plan Survey Set
Beginning July 16, FSIS will launch its seventh annual food defense plan survey, designed to gather data about industry’s voluntary adoption of food defense plans. Although voluntary, food defense...
View ArticleMore Information About FSIS National Residue Program Changes
Last week’s Washington Report carried information from FSIS news release about the changes to the agency’s National Residue Program (NRP). Following is further information about FSIS’ “New Analytical...
View ArticleChickens May Provide Clues For Battling Cancer: Study
A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Scientists found that an antibacterial substance that occurs naturally in chickens has the ability to fight cancer cells....
View ArticleMexico Continues to Work to Contain Avian Influenza Outbreak
The Mexican Ministry of Agriculture has reported that about 2.5 million birds have been culled at poultry farms in the state of Jalisco to contain a recent outbreak of the H7N3 avian influenza virus....
View ArticleHouse Votes to Repeal Health Care Law; Romney Steadfast in His Opposition
House Republicans symbolically voted on Wednesday to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act law, following the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold most of the law two weeks ago....
View ArticleRussian Parliament Approves WTO Accession; Senate to Hold Hearing
Russia’s lower chamber voted Tuesday to ratify the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), capping 18 years of negotiations. Membership becomes official in 30 days once Russia’s...
View ArticleHouse Agriculture Committee Passes Farm Bill
The House Agriculture Committee approved a plan Wednesday to cut U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs by $35.1 billion over the next 10 years, with almost half the reductions coming from food...
View ArticleUSDA Reduces Broiler Production Forecast For 2013; Raises Expected Broiler...
High feed costs will likely dampen the rate of increase in broiler production next year, but, at the same time, strong world demand will support an increased level of broiler exports in 2013, according...
View ArticleChicken Exports in May 2012 Increase 6.1 Percent in Quantity and 15.2 Percent...
Chicken exports in May this year were 307,969 metric tons valued at $406.82 million compared with 290,190 tons valued at $353.02 million in May 2011, a 6.1-percent increase in quantity and a...
View ArticleWide Range of Forecasts for Corn Yields Adding to Market Volatility
Corn yields this harvest could be as low as 115 bushels per acre or as high as 144 bushels per acre according to a cross-section reading of analysts’ reports following USDA’s World Agricultural Supply...
View ArticlePoultry Groups Urge Media not to Stigmatize Production Methods
In a letter to the editor of Men’s Journal, the National Chicken Council and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association this week wrote to share viewpoints about the magazine’s reporting in its July 2012...
View ArticleScientists Question ABC News Report Linking Antibiotic Resistant Bladder...
Amid a report that aired this morning on ABC News’ “Good Morning America,” several in the scientific, veterinary and food safety fields are affirming the safety of chicken and questioning the claims...
View ArticleRussian Parliament Approves WTO Accession; Senate to Hold Hearing
Russia’s lower chamber voted Tuesday to ratify the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), capping 18 years of negotiations. Membership becomes official in 30 days once Russia’s...
View ArticleHouse Agriculture Committee Passes Farm Bill
The House Agriculture Committee approved a plan Wednesday to cut U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs by $35.1 billion over the next 10 years, with almost half the reductions coming from food...
View ArticleUSDA Reduces Broiler Production Forecast For 2013; Raises Expected Broiler...
High feed costs will likely dampen the rate of increase in broiler production next year, but, at the same time, strong world demand will support an increased level of broiler exports in 2013, according...
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