Stories Tagged "poultry"
Testimony Ends In Closely Watched Md. Poultry Suit
posted on October 26, 2012 at 12:59 PM
The defense argued manure from the 80,000 chickens wasn't escaping in great enough amounts to pollute and noted more than 40 cows also live on the farm.
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USDA Proposes Streamlining Poultry Inspections
posted on January 20, 2012 at 1:14 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Agriculture Department is proposing to reduce the number of government inspectors at poultry slaughter plants.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says about 1,000 government inspector jobs at poultry plants would be...
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High heat kills thousands of turkeys and chickens
posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:16 PM
A heat wave that has pushed temperatures well over 100 degrees has killed tens of thousands of turkeys and chickens in Kansas and North Carolina and left farmers across the lower part of the country struggling to cool off their flocks.
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Judge Hears From Farmers in Suit Against Pilgrim's
posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:06 PM
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- A federal judge heard more testimony Friday from farmers who allege poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride closed plants and ran them out of business to manipulate commodity chicken prices, which they say violated a...
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Alabama Poultry Growers Face Devastation After Storms
posted on May 13, 2011 at 3:05 PM
PHIL CAMPBELL, Ala (AP) -- Tom Parker shook his head and seemed near tears as he talked about all that he lost in an April 27 tornado that ripped apart the northern Alabama farm where he grew up and had spent much of his adult life raising...
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Study: Half of Supermarket Meat May Have Staph Bug
posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:04 PM
ATLANTA (AP) — Half the meat and poultry sold in the supermarket may be tainted with the staph germ, a new report suggests.
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USDA: Delay in meat sales could prevent recalls
posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:04 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is aiming to prevent meat recalls by withholding meat and poultry products from grocery store shelves until government testing is complete.
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Supreme Court Rejects Tyson Lawsuit
posted on January 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from a former Tennessee poultry farmer who sued Tyson Farms after losing his contract to raise their chickens.
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Germany Bans 934 More Farms in Dioxin Scare
posted on January 21, 2011 at 12:01 PM
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's dioxin-tainted food scandal widened Saturday, as authorities banned another 934 farms from selling eggs, poultry and pork after finding out that one company had hidden its deliveries of contaminated livestock feed.
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Dioxin Contamination Causes Germany to Halt Pork and Egg Sales
posted on January 7, 2011 at 5:01 PM
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany froze sales of poultry, pork and eggs from more than 4,700 farms Friday to stem the spread of food contaminated with cancer-causing dioxin, as fears grew that farmers could have been using tainted livestock feed for months.
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Egg Recall Fallout Continues
posted on August 27, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Chicken Producers Debate 'Natural' Label
posted on July 30, 2010 at 3:07 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.
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Russia Sees Progress in US Poultry Imports
posted on March 5, 2010 at 11:03 AM
MOSCOW (AP) - A top Russian medial official says Moscow and Washington have achieved some progress in talks on U.S poultry imports.
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Livestock Producers See Better Year Ahead
posted on February 25, 2010 at 6:02 PM
Oklahoma Company Recalls 248,000 Pounds of Beef
posted on December 30, 2009 at 6:12 PM
National Steak and Poultry is voluntarily recalling about 248,000 pounds of beef it said might be contaminated with a strain of E coli bacteria.
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