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CPF Summer Board of Directors meeting

The California Poultry Federation (CPF) Summer Meeting will be held June 10-11 in Shell Beach. As you know, this is one of CPF’s most popular meetings. The CPF offers a golf tournament, reception, dinner and the board meeting. This year the reception, awards and dinner following golf will be held at the Cliff’s Hotel on the grassy area overlooking the Pacific Ocean.This will be a fun and interesting evening featuring a meal prepared by the hotel’s renowned chef. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will also be part of this event. Click here for a flyer with additional information regarding room reservations and events.

 

Chicken a safe, healthy part of balanced diet

"Rigorous food safety standards are applied to all chicken produced in the United States, and all chicken products must meet or exceed these safety standards set forth by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in order to reach consumers," said Ashley Peterson, Ph.D., vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs at the National Chicken Council.

"The bottom line for consumers is that all chicken is safe to eat when properly handled and cooked," she said.  "Consumers can continue to feel confident about including chicken as a lean, low-fat and high-protein part of a healthy, balanced diet."

Safety of antimicrobial use in poultry production reaffirmed

Food-grade antimicrobials are approved for use by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and classified as "Generally Recognized As Safe" by the FDA at the recommended use levels as a very safe and effective way to kill or inhibit the growth of any potential foodborne pathogens, like Salmonella, on raw poultry products.  They are used to assure the safety of poultry products, said the National Chicken Council (NCC) in response to claims made today in an article appearing in the Washington Post.

Students back Foster Farms and fresh chicken lobby with legislation

A year ago, Foster Farms’ television advertising featured those well known "Imposters" as enhanced and "pumped up" chickens full of water, salt and other ingredients. Consumers received a funny, yet important lesson on the way some companies sell fresh chicken. They enhance it with up to 15 percent of salt water and other ingredients, make some good money on selling liquid, and label that chicken "fresh." California chicken companies don’t like that, and the industry has spent many years trying to get the USDA to change their labeling policy. That could happen this year, thanks to a lot of lobbying from California and other places.

CPF welcomes new member Islamic Meat & Poultry

Islamic Meat & Poultry, located in Stockton, California, recently joined the California Poultry Federation. Islamic Meat & Poultry supplies whole and cutup chicken with a focus on Halal. For more […]

Journalist goes undercover at Cargill plant

A journalist writing for Harper’s Magazine spent two months as a USDA meat inspector at a Cargill Meat Solutions plant in Nebraska. Ted Conover, an investigative journalist and author, wrote […]

Mexico reports 11 new H7N3 flu outbreaks

There were 11 new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of the H7N3 subtype during the last month. The veterinary authority has sent Follow Up Report No.5 dated 17 […]

CPF welcomes new member Ruben Villalobos

Modesto lawyer Ruben Villalobos is the newest member of the California Poultry Federation. Villalobos owns a small flock of layer chickens and some emus on a ranch named after his […]