Poultry producer Foster Farms has launched a comprehensive investigation into its Fresno, CA facilities after an animal rights group published an online video depicted workers ripping out feathers of live birds, throwing birds and slamming chickens into metal shackles.
With 85 percent of available space already sold out, the International Dairy Show is set to be the largest since 2009 when it was a part of the Worldwide Food Expo.
The 2016 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) held annually in Atlanta has already exceeded 410,000 square feet, and the show continues to grow.
OSHA and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently renewed their alliance—a five-year agreement during which both parties will work to address construction safety, temporary workers and hazards within general industry.
As USDA continues to work with state and local officials impacted by this year’s devastating outbreak of avian influenza, government officials say they have evaluated the efficacy of available vaccine options for HPAI, but determined additional criteria must be met before a vaccine can be approved for emergency use.
A new method for filtration of processing facility effluents—named dynamic filtration—was found to have significant advantages over currently used filtration methods when tested on actual processing effluent.
This past April packaging professionals from across the country converged in Chicago for a two-day forum on focusing on industry collaboration and solving the challenges related to reusable packaging.
