A delegation from South Korea will conduct a week-long review this week of U.S. safeguards against mad cow disease. The nine-member group will meet with USDA chief veterinarian John Clifford, visit USDA laboratories in Iowa and visit farms, ranches and rendering plants in California, reports Reuters.
For domestic chicken processors who used to have trouble finding a market for dark meat, the change is helping to boost prices and push the industry out of a long slump.
Thailand, which bought less than 0.1 percent of total U.S. beef exports in 2011, may suspend imports from the U.S. after the first case of mad cow in six years.
The RPI - a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry - stood at 102.2 in March, up 0.3 percent from February.
The company recognized net income of $39.6 million during the first quarter of 2012, compared to a loss of $119.9 million in the same quarter of the prior year.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited American Foods Group LLC with seven safety violations – including one repeat – at the company's Sharonville, OH, meat processing facility.
The investors behind the proposed beef plant in Tama, Iowa, are hoping to have the facility up and running by June, though the plant's owners say that renovations are still ongoing and that more startup capital is needed.
Eckrich announced a partnership with Operation Homefront, a nonprofit organization that provides emergency financial assistance to the families of United States service members and wounded warriors.