NCC Announces Members of 2015 Communications, Growout, Technical & Regulatory Committees

On February 6, 2015, in NCC News

Jerry Lane, National Chicken Council Chairman of the Board, has announced the names of those industry representatives who will serve on NCC’s 2015 Communications, Growout, and Technical & Regulatory Committees.

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ryan Discusses Trade Agreements

On February 6, 2015, in Trans-Pacific Partnership, Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership

Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which has the lead role in the House on trade agreements, discussed trade issues this week at a meeting of the International Trade Association.

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Chicken Exports in December 2014 Increased 2.3 Percent in Quantity; 8.0 Percent in Value

On February 6, 2015, in Chicken Exports

Chicken exports in December last year increased 2.3 percent in quantity and 8.0 percent in value when compared with a year earlier.

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Washington State Establishes Third Poultry Quarantine Zone After Finding Another Flock Infected with AI

On February 6, 2015, in Avian Influenza

Washington state said earlier this week that it has established a third poultry quarantine zone after state officials discovered that a flock of about 100 birds in Okanogan County was infected with the avian influenza virus.

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McDonald’s Employees File Civil Rights Lawsuit Against the Company

On February 6, 2015, in Fast Food Footnotes

McDonald’s Corporation employees in Virginia are filing a civil rights lawsuit against the company, alleging racial discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination, according to QSR magazine. The suit comes after the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided last month that corporations can be held responsible for the actions of their franchisees.


USDA Purchases Chicken for Child Nutrition and Other Food Assistance Programs

On February 6, 2015, in School Lunch Program

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on February 3 purchased chicken and chicken products as indicated below for distribution to the school lunch child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2015.

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Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On February 6, 2015, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 7 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 159,806,000 broilers, no-change from the same week a year earlier.

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