The Merced County Health Department ordered the Foster Farms Livingston Facility to shut down over the largest and most severe COVID-19 outbreak in Merced County, according to a statement released on Thursday by the health department.
The shutdown order came...
Current poultry food safety guidelines for Salmonella, the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks, are inadequate. A new study conducted by Thomas Oscar, USDA Agricultural Research Service, "Salmonella prevalence alone is not a good indicator of poultry food safety,"...
Training chicks and pullets so they are prepared for life in cage-free egg systems is critical to ensuring they meet their full productive potential, according to a leading veterinarian.
Isa Ehr, DVM, a technical services veterinarian with Hendrix Genetics, said...
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Single-stage setters are very popular nowadays, but there are still a lot of multi-stage setters in use.
Auburn University faculty members Charles and Jessica Starkey, of the Department of Poultry Science in the College of Agriculture, are joining forces with ADM, a global leader in human and animal nutrition, to conduct groundbreaking research with poultry feed...
Current poultry food safety guidelines for Salmonella, the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks, are inadequate. A new study conducted by Thomas Oscar, USDA Agricultural Research Service, "Salmonella prevalence alone is not a good indicator of poultry food safety,"...
“I think our industry does not get the credit it deserves. Having worked in many industries, it is clear how much the work of safety professionals impacts the lives of workers in this industry. Other industries have safety risks...
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Poultry meat is an essential part of a nutritious diet for consumers globally and it remains safe to consume in the pandemic era of COVID-19 whether produced domestically or imported from abroad. Food safety is of the highest importance...
Acceptance of a petition designating avian leukosis lesions on poultry carcasses as a trimmable condition is expected to reduce waste and improve efficiency at processing plants while allowing meat inspectors to focus more on food safety, said Ashley Peterson,...