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NCC releases first ever environmental sustainability report

WASHINGTON — The National Chicken Council on Sept. 15 released its inaugural sustainability report. The report provides a comprehensive overview of U.S. chickens raised...

IFEEDER defines sustainability in new webinar series

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER), in conjunction with The Context Network, has launched the first installment of its...

What to know during Food Safety Month

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Did you know that September is National Food Safety Education Month? What better time to learn the key steps for...

Tyson Foods strengthens benefits for frontline workers

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Tyson Foods has announced that it would strengthen the benefits it offers its fully vaccinated U.S. frontline team members. Effective Jan....

OSHA proposes $154K in penalties against Foundation Food Group

Cites March ammonia leak that followed January incident GAINESVILLE, Ga.  — On Jan. 28, 2021, an uncontrolled release of liquid nitrogen at Foundation Food Group,...

Lessons and emergency response plans

TUCKER Ga. — Industry safety professionals recently gathered in Destin, Fla., to discuss the safety challenges facing those involved in poultry production and processing....

9/11: Never forgetting

Nearly 3,000 people didn’t make it home to loved ones on September 11, 2001. The story is unforgettable, but the people who died are...

New owner set for Georgia chicken plant where leak killed 6

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A company that owns the Georgia poultry processing plant where six workers died in a January liquid nitrogen leak is...

Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Sept. 9 ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for...

Tyson, Perdue to pay $35M to settle with chicken farmers

The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Two of the industry’s biggest poultry companies have agreed to pay nearly $35 million to settle a lawsuit that...

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