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EPA proposes Renewable Fuel Standard for 2013

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on January 31 proposed the required quantities for the various categories for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2013.  A Federal Register notice is to be published shortly with a 45-day comment period.  For total renewable fuels, EPA is proposing 16.55 billion gallons; for advanced biofuels, the proposal is 2.75-billion gallons; for biomass-based diesel, the quantity is 1.28-billion gallons; and for cellulosic biofuels, it is 14-million gallons.

USPOULTRY recognizes six family farm environmental winners

U.S. Poultry & Egg Association recognized six poultry farms who received the annual Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award at the International Poultry Expo, part of the 2013 International Production & Processing Expo. The award is given in acknowledgment of exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production.

Adams, New U.S. Poultry & Egg Association Chairman

James Adams, Wenger Feeds, Rheems, PA, was elected chairman of the board of directors of U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY). The board meeting was held during the International Poultry Expo, part of the 2013 International Production & Processing Expo. He previously served as vice chairman. Adams was presented with the time-honored "working man’s gavel" by 2012 chairman, Mark Waller.

The truth about the Super Bowl ‘Chicken Wing Apocalypse’

So far, 2013 has been a distressing year in chicken news. First, two men allegedly stole 26,000 pounds of chicken wings earlier this month from a storage facility in Georgia. (The filched appetizers are still at large, CBS News reported on Monday morning.) Last week, a report by the National Chicken Council-which announced a 1 percent decrease in chicken production over the course of 2012-spawned online hysteria as football fans across the country fretted that their viewing parties would be bereft of Buffalo wings on Super Bowl Sunday.

 

NCC announces animal care review panel for broilers

The National Chicken Council, partnering with the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, has initiated a process through The Center for Food Integrity that will provide a balanced analysis of potential undercover video investigations. The Animal Care Review Panel engages recognized animal welfare professionals to examine video and provide expert perspectives for food retailers, the chicken industry and the media.

Hidden camera investigations have heightened public attention on animal care issues.

USDA to inspect poultry processing plants in China

USDA inspectors are scheduled to visit China soon to inspect poultry processing plants to verify Chinese claims that several of its chicken-processing plants meet U.S. food safety standards, USDA said. Although the People’s Republic of China has wanted to sell its chicken products in the United States since 2006,  China is currently not allowed to import chicken into the United States because of past food safety concerns, avian influenza outbreaks, and previous U.S. congressional opposition.  The country is interested in both processing U.S.-raised birds and exporting the meat and processing and exporting Chinese-raised chickens. Read More 

 

Court rejects EPA biofuel mandate

A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday  canceled a mandate from the Environmental Protection Agency that required refiners to buy cellulosic biofuels as a way of supporting the nascent alternative fuel industry.  Cellulosic biofuel is ethanol fermented from products other than corn, which is the major source of biofuel production in the United States.