Meat, Fish & Dairy Processing Industry News: United States
17 April 2015

US - Two new reports from the US Food and Drug Administration show mostly decreasing antimicrobial resistance trends. ...

US - National Beef Packing Company, has sold its Brawley California slaughter and processing plant that closed last year...
16 April 2015

US - USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a revised directive updating the list of safe and suitable...
15 April 2015

US – An egg company owner and his son have been jailed for their part in the sale of eggs adulterated with salmonella that...

US – A severely contracted US beef herd has had its supply picture improved slightly by a 2.7 per cent increase in carcass...

US - The Government of Chile's Ministry of Health (MOH) has approved US fresh pork access to Chile. ...

US - Lean Hogs futures continued their long, slow climb out of their deep hole last week and, at least for those contracts...
14 April 2015

US - Beef imports to the US leapt nearly 50 per cent in February, largely due to more shipments from southern hemisphere...

US - The US has reached agreements allowing US beef and pork producers greater access to markets in Mexico and Peru....

US - Pork prices are well down compared to last year, and exports are also down due to a decline in shipments to China, write...

US - Pork and chicken prices are down this year and a quick look at the supply/demand balance table quickly tells you why,...
13 April 2015

US - US egg producer Cal-Maine Foods has entered into a production joint venture with Rose Acre Farms. ...
10 April 2015

US - The brief rally in hog futures appeared to stall this week, in part due to ongoing weakness in wholesale pork prices....
09 April 2015

US – US pig meat processing giant Smithfield Foods, has started work on a new $12 million bacon slicing plant at its Cudahy,...
08 April 2015

US - While still hit by severe congestion in the West Coast ports, February exports of US beef, pork and lamb bounced back...

US - A group of congress men and women have called on the US government to base dietary guidelines on sound science....

US - The US National Pork Board has welcomed the White House action plan for combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria. ...

US - February was another tough month for pork exports. That really isn’t news to anyone, but the truth is that exports...

US - The March Hogs and Pigs report indicates hog slaughter will stay well above the year ago level through August. The inventories...

US - The dispute between Representatives of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and West Coast port operators...