The Food Standards Agency is inviting tenders to carry out a comprehensive review of current practices in the management of Listeria monocytogenes during cooked sliced meat production.
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has faulted a May 14 ABC News story, saying that contrary to the report by Jim Avila, the use of antibiotics is neither a common nor accepted practice in shrimp farming.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law that will ban roxarsone, an additive containing organic arsenic, from chicken feed starting in 2013. Maryland is the first state to have such a law on its books.
Two New Jersey state legislators have introduced a bill that would ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption and the sale of horse meat in the state.
UK food producer Cranswick has reported strong underlying revenue growth after successfully recovering margins in the second half of the financial year.
Agro-industrial holding Bio-tone has announced plans to begin construction of a new multi-million pig farm and processing plant, which it claims will be the largest pork production complex in Russia.
There were a lot of expectations for a resurgence in the hog market this spring. It's happened in each of the last 5 years. But, it hasn't happened yet this spring. Why not?
USDA has lifted quarantines on two California dairies associated with a case of mad cow disease after investigators did not find any link between the disease and the feed the diseased bovine might have eaten.
The Public Service Association (PSA) of New Zealand has expressed concern over the government’s decision to delegate meat inspection to processors themselves.
The US beef industry and FSIS have been showered with praise after showing “strong initiative” in their efforts to prevent E.coli contamination during processing.
Great Britain and China have agreed to a pork export deal worth £50 million (US$79.1 million), according to Britain’s Agriculture Minister Jim Paice, who is traveling in China on a trade mission.
