In celebration, Arby's is hosting a nationwide tasting event for customers to sample one free Turkey Roaster sandwich of their choice on Thursday, September 6.
Sodexo Inc., a leading institution service provider, announced that by July 2014, all of the 39 million shelled eggs it purchases each year will be sourced from cage-free hens.
The trade show and educational meeting for U.S., Canadian, and Foreign operators of small and very small meat, poultry, and food businesses will be held July 18-20, 2013, at the Embassy Suites Hotel and the Charleston Area Convention Center.
Poultry processors in the path of Hurricane Isaac are stockpiling fuel, testing generators and making other preparations to keep their plants and chicken houses operational.
In a show of support for the Virginia governor, the National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation, and the Virginia Poultry Federation offered their praise for McDonnell’s petition.
The closure of Central Valley Meat Co. after an undercover video showed alleged acts of animal cruelty is also damaging the dairy industry in California’s Valley area. Three congressmen representing the area are calling for the USDA to reopen the plant during the investigation into the company.
Central Valley Meat Co., which was shut down a week ago after an undercover video shows alleged instances of animal cruelty, says that its improved animal handling procedures are now in place, exceeding USDA standards.
A dairy plant addition and a new meat science and muscle biology laboratory are on the drawing board for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with half the money to build them being raised privately by the dairy and the meat industries, respectively.