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Michigan governor signs executive order outlining workplace safety guidelines for meat and poultry processing facilities

Staff Edit - July 20, 2020

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on July 9 signed Executive Order 2020-145 which outlines workplace safety guidelines for meatpacking plants to keep...

Associations & Federations

USAPEEC honors APHIS, CDFA for efforts to eradicate virulent Newcastle disease

Staff Edit - July 16, 2020

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC), at its recent virtual 2020 Annual Meeting, recognized the efforts of the...

Health & Safety

OSHA notes importance of working safely in summer heat

Staff Edit - July 2, 2020

WASHINGTON — Throughout much of the U.S., high temperatures and humidity in the summer season can create hot and hazardous working conditions, both outdoors...

Health & Safety

FDA, USDA release joint statement on food safety and exports pertaining to COVID-19

Staff Edit - June 29, 2020

WASHINGTON — On June 24, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Food & Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, issued the...

Regulatory

USDA trade mitigation purchases surpasses $2B

Staff Edit - June 25, 2020

WASHINGTON — The USDA has announced that it has purchased more than $2.2 billion of meat, fruits, vegetables, specialty crops and dairy products in...

Regulatory

Poultry company executives indicted by DOJ on antitrust charges

Staff Edit - June 12, 2020

By David B. Strickland Poultry Times editor dstrickland@poultrytimes.com DENVER — On June 3 a grand jury in the U.S. District Court in Denver, Colo., returned an indictment...

Health & Safety

USDA issues first Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments

Staff Edit - June 8, 2020

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on June 4 announced the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already approved more than $545...

Environmental & Sustainability

Iowa leaders petition USDA to provide CFAP funds for egg producers

Staff Edit - June 4, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa — In a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on June 2,, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni...

Business

Perdue Farms shares CDC report following Virginia facility tours

Staff Edit - June 3, 2020

ACCOMAC, Va. — To share and demonstrate the extensive incremental safety measures Perdue Farms has implemented to protect associates from COVID-19 beginning in early...

Regulatory

USDA and USTR announce continued progress on China trade deal

Staff Edit - May 26, 2020

WASHINGTON — The USDA and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) have announced additional progress in the implementation of the agriculture-related provisions...

Regulatory

USDA to provide $1B in loan guarantees for rural producers

Staff Edit - May 22, 2020

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced that the department is making available up to $1 billion in loan guarantees to...

Business

Rep. Collins visits Fieldale Farms, discusses challenges facing poultry industry

Staff Edit - May 12, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) on May 8 visited Fieldale Farms Further Processing plant in Gainesville, Ga., to observe the extra...

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