Two-thirds of Broiler Chickens Contaminated
US - Two-thirds of 382 fresh broiler chickens purchased from grocers by a US consumer group were contaminated with one or...

Texas Firm Recalls Beef and Chicken Products
US - Windsor Foods is recalling approximately 1.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) beef taquito and chicken quesadilla...

Salmonella Scare Leads to RTE Bacon Product Recall
US - Nestlé Professional North America from Cleveland, Ohio, is recalling about 6,000 pounds of a ready-to-eat (RTE) bacon...

Tyson Indiana Pork Plant Slaughter Still Suspended
INDIANA, US - Hog slaughter at Tyson Foods Inc's fire-damaged Logansport, Indiana, pork plant could restart late this week...

Vilsack Outlines Strategy To Increase Exports
US - During a keynote speech at the 2010 Commodity Classic in Anaheim, California, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack laid...

US Cattle Outlook: Steady Improvement In Prices
US - Weekly Cattle Outlook, 5th March 2010, a weekly review of the US cattle industry, written by Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain....

Food Safety Conference
US - The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) will hold IAFP 2010, 1-4 August in Anaheim, California.

Tyson Donates $250,000 to Haiti Disaster Relief
US – US poultry processing giant Tyson Foods and its employees have donated $250,000 to disaster relief efforts in Haiti. ...

Russia Agrees to Reopen Pork Market to US
US - The United States and Russia have reached an agreement to reopen the Russian market to US pork and pork products.

CME: Reopening of Russian Market Good News for US
US - The U.S. meat complex in general and US pork industry in particular had some very good news confirmed on Friday as USDA...

AMI President Supports Policy to Increase Ag Exports
US - Increased agriculture exports are a must for US producers, says the AMI president.

FSIS to Discuss E.Coli Product Tracing
US - The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) tis to hold a public meeting to discuss...

AMI Supports Goal To Double US Exports in Five Years
US - The American Meat Institute (AMI), along with more than 50 other food/feed agricultural organisations is urging Congress...

In The Cattle Markets
US - A weekly review of the cattle market by Dillon M. Feuz, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Applied Economics, Utah State...

Sara Lee in Repurchase Programme
US - US meat and food processor and commodities company Sara Lee Corp has initiated an accelerated share repurchase programme...

Foodborne Illness Costs US $152 Billion
US - Former US Food and Drug Administration economist Robert L. Scharff estimates the total economic impact of foodborne...

CME: Sharp Fall in February Sow Slaughter
US - The livestock industry equivalent of “plant and equipment” in General Economics 101 is “Breeding herd” or, more precisely,...

New Case Alleges Pollution by Poultry Farms
US - Assateague Coastal Trust and the Waterkeeper Alliance have filed a lawsuit in the federal District Court of Maryland,...

Strong Demand Makes Wings Price Fly
US - Chicken wings have become so popular that prices are rising fast and some outlets are struggling to stay in busines...

Market Preview: Good News for Pork
US - Weekly US Market Preview provided by Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D., Paragon Economics, Inc.