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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tyson and Freshpet Join in Pet Food RevolutionUS – US chicken, beef and pork processing giant Tyson Foods and Freshpet have formed a strategic alliance focused on bringing new and innovative, refrigerated fresh pet food products to consumers, a...
Monday, March 16, 2009
US Maintains Ground During January Pork ExportsUS - With key global markets experiencing sluggish consumer spending, volatile currencies and persistent economic uncertainty, many analysts have been predicting a downturn for US beef and pork exports....
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Smithfield Records $100 Million Quarter LossUS - US pig meat processing giant, Smithfield foods saw a net loss of $103.1 million, including non-recurring items and charges in the third quarter of the year.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
US Maintains Access to Philippine Pork MarketUS - In a victory for US pork producers, the Philippine government indicated this week that it will maintain current rules for the administration of its tariff rate quota (TRQ) for pork, preserving US...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Smithfield Foods' Pork Group Restructuring PlanUS - Smithfield Foods, Inc. has announced a plan to consolidate and streamline the corporate structure and manufacturing operations of its pork group to improve operating efficiencies and increase utilization....
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Eat Less Meat to Go GreenUS - Delegates at the prestigious meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have heard that we could cut our carbon footprint by eating more poultry and pork, and less beef...
Friday, February 13, 2009
Smart Packaging Alerts to Meat DangersUS - If you have ever wondered whether you left the pre-packaged meats on your kitchen counter too long, a partnership between two University of Rhode Island chemistry professors and a food safety company...
Friday, January 30, 2009
National Pork Board to Meet in North CarolinaUS - The National Pork Board will be in Raleigh, North Carolina, 3-5 February to meet with local producers and to develop a better understanding of the nation's second-largest pork producing state.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
USMEF Hosts European Union's PRT TeamUS - The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) is hosting key officials from the European Union’s meat industry this week for a four-day tour focused on pathogen reduction technologies (PRTs).
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Meat Processing Giant Reports $198 Million LossUS - The world's largest meat processing company Tyson Foods made an operating loss for the first quarter of the 2009 financial year of $198 million.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Calls for Obama to Stop US Animal Identification RuleUS - The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund called on the new administration to permanently halt a U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed rule that would effectively mandate the implementation...
Monday, January 19, 2009
USDA: Naturally Raised Marketing Claim StandardUS - The US Department of Agriculture on Friday (16 January) issued a voluntary standard for naturally raised livestock and meat marketing claims.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
NPB Announces 2009 Celebrated ChefsUS - America's pork producers entered the 13th year of their Celebrated Chefs program by naming five distinguished chefs as spokespersons for the Pork Checkoff and The Other White Meat. More than 50 leading...
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Presence of US Pork Growing in RussiaUS - The United States and Russia recently agreed to changes in the protocol governing trade of poultry, beef and pork.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Even Organic Not Safe From RecessionUS - Market analysts Mintel has forecast that market growth for organic food and drink in the US is to slow along with economy as it starts to struggle.
Monday, November 24, 2008
USMEF: Newest Officer Ready for Leadership RoleUS - With her selection as secretary-treasurer of the US Meat Export Federation board of directors, Indiana pork producer Danita Rodibaugh takes on a new level of leadership responsibility in the nation’s...
Friday, November 21, 2008
USMEF: Issue Management Top Priority for 2009US - At the annual USMEF Strategic Planning Conference held earlier this month in Tucson, Arizona, nearly 300 USMEF members from across nine industry sectors contributed their ideas to program strategies...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
OMS Celebrates Four Years of GrowthUS - The US Pork Checkoff's Operation Main Street (OMS) programme, launched on 8 November 2004, has grown from a charter class of 15 trained speakers to more than 600 trained speakers.
Friday, November 07, 2008
Making US Exports More EffectiveUS - USMEF President and CEO, Philip Seng, was channeling legendary British statesman Sir Winston Churchill when he told USMEF’s annual Strategic Planning Conference attendees this week that his advice...
NPB to Complete 2009 Strategic Plan and BudgetUS - The National Pork Board will complete its work on the 2009 Strategic Plan and Budget when it meets in Des Moines on 11-12 November.
Friday, June 06, 2008
WPX Report: US Boom in Pig Meat Exports Needs ProtectingUS - The US pig meat export trade is going from strength to strength and every effort has to be made to ensure then momentum is maintained.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Opinion - Country-of-origin labeling will not increase food safetyUS - Contaminated Chinese wheat gluten, recently identified in America's pet food, has spurred calls in Congress for increased food-safety regulations. Yet the Senate already is considering a mandatory...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Cloning animals is more feasible than ever, but consumer acceptance is not a givenUS - When the farming industry embraced artificial insemination during the 1940s, some critics argued that it would lead to animal abnormalities or destroy breeding businesses. Others proclaimed it tantamount...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Animal Breeders Association unhappy with anti-cloning petitionUS - Gordon Doak, president of the National Association of Animal Breeders has issued a statement following the filing of a petition to the FDA by a number of activist groups.
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