The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and state and local partners, are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters.
Governor Greg Gianforte has announced that meat processed in Montana has doubled this fiscal year to date in facilities inspected by the Montana Department of Livestock (DOL).
The North American Meat Institute said the latest version of the Grassley-Fischer government mandate bill is now more onerous and more irrelevant as market driven prices for cattle producers have steadily risen to seven-year highs.
Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have released a revised Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act.
Kent Harrison, vice president of marketing and premium programs at Tyson Foods, Fresh Meats has been named the National Agri-Marketing Association's Agribusiness Leader of the Year.