April 20 2012 Archives - Washington Report

Comments Support USTR’s Action to Open Indian Market for U.S. Poultry

On April 20, 2012, in International Trade, World Trade Organization News, by Debra Newman

In comments jointly filed yesterday with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the National Chicken Council, USA Poultry & Egg Export Council, and National Turkey Federation expressed their strong support for USTR’s action via the World Trade Organization (WTO) to have India remove its non-tariff trade barriers for U.S. poultry and related products.

Chicken Parts Exports in February 2012 Increase 47.2 Percent in Value; Increase 30.8 Percent in Quantity

On April 20, 2012, in Chicken Exports, by Debra Newman

Chicken parts exports in February this year were 317,781 metric tons valued at $379.04 million, 30.8 percent more than the 242,973 tons in February 2011 and 47.2 percent above the $257.44 million a year earlier.

World Broiler Production in 2012 Expected to Increase 2.2 Percent, Despite Challenges

On April 20, 2012, in Production, by Debra Newman

“Despite challenges” world broiler production this year is expected to expand, albeit at a more modest pace than previously forecasted, according to the Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade report issued this week by the Department’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

Georgia and Alabama Top Two States for Broiler Chicks Hatched in 2011

On April 20, 2012, in Economics, by Debra Newman

Georgia and Alabama were the top two states for hatching broiler chicks in 2011, according to Hatchery Production 2011 Summary issued this week by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

NCC Responds to ABC News Report about Proposed Poultry Inspection System and Allegations Advanced on Show

On April 20, 2012, in Food Safety, Inspection Issues, by Tom

ABC World News on its Wednesday evening broadcast reported about USDA’s proposed poultry inspection rule based on claims from “whistleblower” inspectors and a Food & Water Watch lobbyist who made allegations that poultry plants attempt to skew food-safety tests by adding extra “cleaning agents” such as bleach to the birds when companies know tests are to be performed.

Mike Brown Tells New York Times Editor: Chicken is Safe

On April 20, 2012, in NCC News, by Tom

“Chickens in the United States produced for meat are not given arsenic as an additive in chicken feed or any of the compounds or banned antibiotics claimed in the column,” said NCC President Mike Brown in a letter to the editor of the New York Times published Sunday, April 15, in response to a Nicholas D. Kristof opinion piece, “Arsenic in Our Chicken?.”