The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the final version of a voluntary plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals. Antibiotics are added to the feed or drinking water of cattle, hogs, poultry and other ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has unveiled a Salmonella Action Plan to tackle the threat of bacterium in meat and poultry products. Salmonella Action Plan involves modernizing ...
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Location, location, location! Those are the watchwords of the real estate industry, where prospective homebuyers are cautioned to consider a huge number of potential factors when they set out to purchase, or build, a home. Homesites ...
Chicken and oc may seem like an obvious pairing to culinary enthusiasts, but at least one Pennsylvania farm is demonstrating its extraordinary health benefits in food production as well. For three years or so, chickens at Bell & Evans have ...
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Silver Fern Farms, a New Zealand-based meat processor and marketer, is looking at options to shut its processing plant near Dunedin, Otago due to a drop in lamb slaughter operations. The move is expected to result in about 180 job losses. ...
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The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that it had found China's poultry slaughter system to be not equivalent and that the China-slaughtered poultry will not be imported into the ...
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Karro Food, a UK-based pork processor, has ceased its slaughter and butchery operations at its Wiveliscombe site in Somerset, putting 93 jobs at risk. The move follows an extensive review of the company's operations with staff and trade ...
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HKScan, a Finnish manufacturer of meat foods and products, has opened its expanded Tabasalu facility, which will handle slaughter, cutting, deboning and processing of poultry meat operations for the Baltic region. Starting from 2014, the ...
Martin's Abattoir & Wholesale Meats has suspended operations at its beef slaughterhouse in North Carolina, ending nearly six decades of business and putting 180 jobs at risk. The company stated that the decision was taken due to a lack of ...
World Bank Group member International Finance Corporation (IFC) has acquired 2.93% stake in Brazilian meat packing company Minerva, for BRL46.9m ($20.5m). IFC is also providing BRL137.7m ($60.3m) in loan to Minerva, which will use the ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has unveiled a new strategy to reduce the number of campylobacter cases in the country. Campylobacter, which is the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK, is considered to be responsible for ...
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The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has confirmed the equivalence of the food safety inspection system for processed poultry in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The announcement will ...
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Taste testers have sampled the world’s first lab-grown burger in Riverside Studios, West London, where the event marking the launch was held. The tasting event was broadcast online via streaming video. The burger was cooked in the ...
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UK-based pork products supplier Karro Food has secured a new £60m funding from finance firm GE Capital to invest further in its operations and strengthen its presence in the market. This development comes after Karro Food carried ...
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The world’s first lab-grown burger is set to be sold in London, a move which could help meat industry solve issues such as high amount of feed, fuel and water required to produce beef. The burger is being developed by the researcher ...
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