Antibiotic-free chicken now in consumer mainstream
Antibiotic-free broiler products are no longer a niche market. The event that brought the issue into the mainstream was actually several years ago when theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention and […]
Avian flu found in Foster Farms turkey flock in Stanislaus County
A strain of avian flu harmless to humans has been found at a Foster Farms turkey facility in Stanislaus County. The company’s website says the firm’s early-detection program caught the […]
Study: Wind can carry antibiotics, other microbes
Wind may be carrying antibiotics, bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in particulate matter from feedyards, researchers at Texas Tech Univ. concluded in a study published online in the National Institutes […]
NCC urges passage of Trade Promotion Authority
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation must receive prompt passage so that the position of U.S. international trade negotiators is strengthened as they continue to move forward with new agreements, the […]
Standards would aim to cut down on salmonella in poultry
The government is pushing the poultry industry to make its chicken and turkey a little safer with new standards aimed at reducing the number of cases of foodborne illness by […]
As USDA introduces proposal for 15.4% raw poultry parts standard for salmonella, Foster Farms remains committed to salmonella prevalence level below 5%
In conjunction with today’s announcement by the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service USDA-FSIS regarding a proposed 15.4 percent standard for Salmonella prevalence in raw poultry parts, […]
Americans to eat 1.25 billion chicken wings for Super Bowl
With the second biggest eating day of the year after Thanksgiving upon us – Super Bowl Sunday – there’s no hotter time of year for chicken wings, which have become […]
Idaho confirms AI in wild ducks
State and federal agriculture officials confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza in wild birds and a backyard poultry flock, the Idaho State Department of Agriculture […]
NCC to Dietary Guidelines Committee: ‘Don’t mess with lean meat’
The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) in a closed-door meeting last month approved removal of lean meat from proposed healthy diet recommendations. The advisory group is charged with revising […]
Avian influenza found in Port Angeles backyard flock
The same strain of avian influenza that killed two Benton County flocks has been found in a mixed backyard flock on the other side of Washington state. The remaining 118 […]