Demand for meat products covered by the mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) law that took effect in 2009 has not been impacted by the presence of the labels, according to a new analysis by the Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics.
Representatives of Foster Farms, along with university faculty, students and community leaders, broke ground on the new Foster Farms Poultry Education and Research Facility.
Michael Uetz, principal, Midan Marketing, and Merrill Shugoll, president of Shugoll Research, drill down into their latest research on consumer buying habits and its correlation with meat and poultry sales.
In the Fall 2008, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) publication PoultryTech reported on the potential of using an optical biosensor developed by GTRI for the detection of the avian influenza (AI) virus*. The optical sensor is low-cost, easy to use, field-deployable, and provides rapid results less than 30 minutes.
Any sports fan knows that the difference between being a playoff-caliber team and a champion often can be something as simple as team chemistry. In the meat-processing industry, the same can happen.
