NCC names Peterson as vice president
WASHINGTON -- Dr. Ashley Peterson has joined the National Chicken Council staff as vice president of science and technology,...
Russia sets 2012 poultry and pork import quotas
WASHINGTON -- Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced that the 2012 tariff rate quota (TRQ) for...
New donning, doffing rules temporarily delayed
WASHINGTON -- USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service has temporarily delayed for two weeks until Aug. 14 the implementation...
FSIS issues health alert for ground turkey products
WASHINGTON -- USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service has issued a public health alert due to concerns...
New Townsends owner to shut N.C. facilities
McClatchy Newspapers
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The new Ukrainian owners of the North Carolina operations of chicken processor Townsends informed...
Higher energy prices hitting farmers' bottom line
WASHINGTON -- While farmers are benefiting from positive commodity prices, rising production costs remain a concern, according to...
Retail food safety training, certification offered
ANN ARBOR, Mich. and POTTSTOWN, Pa.-- NSF International's Global Food Safety Division and Paster Training Inc. have partnered to...
Demand helps drive commodity, food price increases
OAK BROOK Ill. -- Two "persistent demand shocks" -- corn for biofuels production and U.S. soybean exports to...
Ready-to-eat chicken recall expanded
WASHINGTON -- Pilgrim's Pride Corp. in Mount Pleasant, Texas, has expanding its recall of ready-to-eat chicken products by an additional 7,072...
USDA seeks new labeling rule for raw meat, poultry products
Barbara Olejnik, bolejnik@poultryandeggnews.com
Poultry Times Staff
WASHINGTON -- USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service is proposing a...