Source: CNN
Two million chickens on several farms in Delaware and Maryland will be “depopulated” — meaning humanely killed — due to a lack of employees at chicken processing plants, according to a statement from Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc. The...
BioChek, the specialist company to offer innovative and user-friendly veterinary diagnostic tools, today announced the successful acquisition of BIOTECON, specialised in development and manufacturing of PCR based solutions for food safety diagnostics.
The merger creates a new, leading global player...
aul Hatton had to make a devastating choice as harvest wrapped up amid the COVID-19 pandemic. He destroyed millions of pounds of beans and cabbage instead of sending the produce to market.
"It's heartbreaking," he told The New York Times.
Thankfully,...
In observance of Earth Day, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) is highlighting two videos from its series emphasizing environmental stewardship on poultry and egg farms and at poultry companies with exemplary performance at water reclamation. The two videos...
Officials with Jennie-O Turkey Store said an unspecified number of employees have tested positive for coronavirus at the company's plant in Melrose. On Tuesday, the company confirmed that employees had tested positive at a Willmar plant.
Jennie-O Turkey Store has...
Source: TPA Newsletter
Submitted by Complex Manager David Wilds
he Morristown Complex was originally the Burnett Produce Company which was founded in 1950. The current processing plant was built by Burnett in 1964 and is still operating today under the Koch...
Case Farms, a local poultry farming and processing group, achieved a significant safety milestone on Saturday, April 4 after their Winesburg processing facility reached one million hours without experiencing an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable lost-time accident...
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ara Williams is anxious and, she says, so are her 2,100 co-workers at the Tyson Foods plant in Camilla.
In the weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, killing more than 30,000 Americans, three of her co-workers at...
“These are certainly trying and unprecedented times, and chicken processors are doing everything they can to 1) keep their employees safe and 2) work to keep chicken on the shelves – in that order,” said National Chicken Council President...
Dr. de Beer will work to promote the success of customers in the region
Aviagen® welcomes Dr. Marc de Beer as its new President of North America, where he will be responsible for advancing the company’s long-term business strategy and...