USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announces standardized approach to residues without established public health tolerances
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that it is standardizing the approach it will take in instances when sample results from livestock or […]
California’s minimum wage increases to $10 per hour
The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) reminds California’s employers and workers that effective January 1, 2016, the state’s minimum wage will increase to $10 per hour. “This increase in the […]
Subway, Arby’s transitioning to cage-free eggs
Subway, which already has begun the transition to cage-free eggs in select markets in the United States and Canada, now says it will complete a full transition across its 30,000 […]
Special discount for grower attendees at 2016 IPPE
Poultry growers are invited to attend the 2016 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) with a special registration fee of only $5 (on-site only), a fabulous savings of $95! IPPE […]
Zacky back in poultry business
Lillian Zacky, a very familiar name in the Central Valley poultry industry, told an interesting story about the family’s business, “My father-in-law, Samuel Zacky, started this business in 1928. He would go into the country, which […]
Santa, reindeer gain approval to enter state boundaries
Great news – Santa and his seven-member reindeer team can legally enter the State of California on the evening of Dec. 24 and the early morning hours the next day […]
Court rejects challenge to poultry inspection rules from N.C. doctor
A retired Rocky Mount, North Carolina, doctor who’s worried about food safety failed Tuesday in her challenge to revised U.S. Department of Agriculture poultry inspection rules. In a unanimous ruling […]
Special discount for grower attendees at 2016 IPPE
Poultry growers are invited to attend the 2016 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) with a special registration fee of only $5 (on-site only), a fabulous savings of $95! IPPE […]
New Avian Influenza tab on the CPF homepage
CPF is in the process of adding pertinent avian influenza information for commercial industry and backyard poultry producers which includes links and contacts to various websites and power point presentations. […]
Major companies commit to using SmartLabel on products
An innovative SmartLabel technology initiative announced Dec. 2 by leading food, beverage and consumer products companies will enable consumers to have easy and instantaneous access to detailed information about thousands […]