Report finds more questions than answers about lab-grown meat
Clean meat, lab meat, fake meat: Many terms are used to describe the food products created from cultivated cells of animal origin. The technology to culture animal cells and produce […]
3 strategies to help chicken brands succeed during COVID-19
COVID-19 changed consumer behavior overnight, making it more important than ever for chicken brands to explore new approaches to connect with their customers. “Consumer patterns are changing like never before […]
Executive Order on delegating authority under the DPA with respect to food supply chain resources during the national emergency caused by the outbreak of COVID-19
President Trump signed an Executive Order to preserve the safety of our Nation’s food supply chain during the COVID-19 outbreak. This order directs the Department of Agriculture to ensure America’s […]
CPF/NWCC support keeping meat and poultry plants operating
In response to President Trump’s Executive Order to keep meat and poultry plants operating during this national crisis, California Poultry Federation/Northwest Chicken Council President Bill Mattos issued the following statement: […]
IBD viruses may swap genetic material during infection
Live cell imaging has been used by researchers at The Pirbright Institute in the U.K. to reveal new information about how different strains of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) might […]
Tyson Foods tracking changing consumer behaviors
Consumer packaged goods company consumer insights personnel all are asking the same basic question – What’s next? The recent dramatic shift in consumer purchasing patterns due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) […]
‘The food supply chain is breaking,’ Tyson says as plants close
Tyson Foods (TSN) is warning that “millions of pounds of meat” will disappear from the supply chain as the coronavirus pandemic pushes food processing plants to close, leading to product […]
USDA APHIS establishing coordination center to assist producers affected by meat processing plant closures
American livestock and poultry producers are facing an unprecedented emergency due to COVID-19, particularly with the closing of meat processing plants in several states. USDA is leading the federal response […]
Meat and poultry processing workers and employers
Meat and poultry processing facilities are a component of the critical infrastructure within the Food and Agriculture Sector. CDC’s Critical Infrastructure Guidance advises that critical infrastructure workers may be permitted […]
Livestock have pandemics too
Historically, animal health officials in the western states responding to invasive foreign animal diseases (FAD) such as high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and virulent Newcastle disease (vND) have reported that disease […]