"Accelerate, Innovate, Cultivate" is the new strategy at Tyson Foods, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, a giant of the American poultry industry, according to Donnie Smith, the company's president and chief executive officer.
Taxes on unhealthy ‘food and drinks’ would need to be at least 20 per cent to have a significant effect on diet-related conditions such as obesity and heart disease, according to a new report by UK academic experts
US-based food company Tyson Foods plans to grow its business through international businesses in China, Brazil, India, and Mexico, and also grow its value-added product sales domestically.
Australia plans to invest over A$3.5m ($3.47m) to set up a meat research center, in Hamilton, Victoria, as a part of its effort to increase meat exports.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has asked people in Pennsylvania, US, to immediately discard and not to consume any fresh or frozen shellfish from Korea due to the risk of contamination.
The Food Standards Agency’s shellfish monitoring programme has successfully completed a move away from tests using mice for the detection of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) and lipophilic toxins in commercially harvested shellfish.
Danish breeding company DanBred, is trying to reduce the risk of boar taint in pork through genomic selection, ahead of the 2018 implementation of the EU’s declaration on alternatives to surgical castration of pigs.
Russian meat processing giant Cherkizovo has taken an “investment vacation” from pig projects, citing the sector’s uncertainty on the eve of Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO).
A Mexican duty on US chicken leg quarter imports would damage the US poultry industry and leave many Mexican consumers unable to afford to eat poultry, according to a new report by Dermot Hayes PhD.
Arex Lee has been appointed chief executive officer of Tyson Foods’ China operations, the company announced May 16. Lee will oversee Tyson DaLong, Tyson Shandong and Tyson Jiangsu.
Turkey eggs in incubators climbed 8 percent to 30 million in May, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture.
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Marfrig Alimentos announced it would resume beef production at three of nine plants in the second quarter of 2012 following stronger beef demand and improved movement in Brazil’s beef cattle cycle.
A record six fish populations were declared rebuilt to healthy levels in 2011, bringing the number of rebuilt US marine fish populations in the last 11 years to 27, according to a report to Congress from NOAA’s Fisheries Service.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has welcomed Marine Harvest’s plan to invest around £80 million to grow its business and support jobs in rural communities, as he met the chair of the Norwegian-based company in Oslo.
Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, today announced a tough new animal welfare package to lift animal welfare standards in all domestic abattoirs.
Oscar Mayer, the meat and cold cut brand owned by American food company Kraft Foods, has launched its new line of Selects products that have no artificial preservatives, flavors or colors.
Pig ears, which were sold in a market in Ganzhou city, Jiangxi, China, were found to be artificial, according to health officials. The fake ears have been developed from a combination of gelatin and the chemical sodium oleate.
Dutch slaughter line supplier NAWI has signed a strategic co-operation contract with Nijhuis Warer Technology to provide efficient abattoir solutions to the international meat market.
