Video from the Humane Society of the United States, released last month, showed live chickens trampling dead chickens in crowded cages over manure pits, and eggs covered with blood and
A 7-member Ministerial Advisory Board (MAB) of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has been named by Gerry Ritz, Canada’s Agricultural Minister.
Ritz said the appointments are “another step
To underscore two hot-button issues — animal cruelty and food safety — and to offer some evidence on why caged laying hens are more likely to be susceptible to Salmonella, the Humane
This isn’t your typical egg farm. In Elkhart, Iowa, about 70 miles south of Wright County Egg–the mega-farm at the center of a 550 million egg recall tied
American poultry is inching closer to full Russian acceptance as a months long trade dispute drags on.
Russian officials declared in January they would no longer accept imported poultry processed
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.
The
This week, federal regulators ordered Murray’s Chicken to cease processing at its South Fallsburg, NY poultry plant.
Steve Gold, Murray’s vice president of sales and marketing, said the
Georgia-based Perdue Farms Inc is recalling 91,872 pounds of frozen chicken nugget products because they may contain bits of plastic.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s)
At most petting farms and carnivals children can be seen excitedly gathered around the chicken coops. They are enthralled with the iconic animals that have roamed the happy farms of
In cities and towns across America, there is one common topic being debated.
That subject is backyard chickens.
Oklahoma City is considering allowing people to raise chickens in residential areas,
While the country’s poultry producers wonder aloud whether they’re even necessary, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued new compliance guidelines to reduce the levels of