New CPF member

Maury Ore has joined the California Poultry Federation as Poultry Team Director with the Devenish Nutrition company. Devenish is an agri-technology company based out of Belfast, Ireland with production facilities […]

Animal welfare issues are driving change

The vice president of animal well-being for Tyson Foods, Dean Danilson, says farm animal welfare issues will continue to be “a driver for change” in the industry. “More consumers are […]

Restaurant traffic in gridlock: NPD

Restaurant traffic remained flat and below pre-recession levels, reflecting penny-wise consumers’ tendency to cap their dining-out occasions, The NPD Group reported. NPD is a leading global information company. US consumers […]

Chicken consumption up 17% in the US

More chickens are crossing the road and on to consumers’ plates, according to new research presented today at the National Chicken Council’s Chicken Marketing Seminar in Greensboro, Georgia. Overall, the […]

No risk in closing influenza lab: CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) closed a laboratory that mishandled samples of bird-flu virus, but the closure should not impact the CDC’s work on influenza vaccines, according […]

Germany balks at chicken trade with US

Negotiators meeting in Brussels to hammer out a free-trade agreement between the United States and European Union face headwinds of negative public opinion surrounding, in part, the US practice using […]