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Poultry Today

JBS, Pilgrim’s systems back online after cyberattack

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — For months, Foundation Food Group and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have waged legal battle over warrants to inspect the processing plant’s facilities following the nitrogen leak in January that killed six people.

Cargill CEO: farmers are key to global supply chain’s sustainability

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Cargill Chairman and CEO David MacLennan addressed members of the National Feed and Grain Association on June 4 at the organization's 125th annual convention. He acknowledged farmers and ranchers as the heroes of the food system who played a critical role in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. “When the world shut down, farmers, ranchers and workers across the food system stepped up to meet the challenge to produce the food and feed that billions of people and animals around the world depend on,” MacLennan said.

Foundation Food Group, OSHA battling in court over fatal nitrogen leak

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — For months, Foundation Food Group and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have waged legal battle over warrants to inspect the processing plant’s facilities following the nitrogen leak in January that killed six people.

West Liberty Foods opens new innovation center, rolls out new logo

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa — West Liberty Foods recently opened its new Customer Innovation Center, located at the Bolingbrook, Ill., facility. This nearly 7,000-square-foot building was specifically designed to assist with strategic customer collaboration and innovation.

USDA, US Biologic develop new solution to combat disease coccidiosis

WASHINGTON — Researchers at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and US Biologic Inc. have developed an oral solution to an antibiotic alternative that fights against poultry coccidiosis, which costs the poultry industry $3.5B in annual losses worldwide.

Donnie King named Tyson’s new president, CEO

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Tyson Foods Inc. has named its Chief Operating Officer Donnie King as its new president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.

JBS USA, Pilgrim’s see progress in resolving cyberattack

GREELEY, Colo. — JBS USA and Pilgrim's announced significant progress June 1 in resolving the cyberattack that has impacted the company’s operations in North America and Australia.

China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu, a possible first

BEIJING — A man in eastern China has contracted what might be the world’s first human case of the H10N3 strain of avian influenza, but the risk of large-scale spread is low, the government said June 1.

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