In a letter to the editor of Men’s Journal, the National Chicken Council and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association this week wrote to share viewpoints about the magazine’s reporting in its July 2012 edition about its preference for organic over conventionally raised chicken, that alluded to a recent feather meal study and claims of nutritional superiority.
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High feed costs will likely dampen the rate of increase in broiler production next year, but, at the same time, strong world demand will support an increased level of broiler exports in 2013, according to USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report this week from the Department’s World Agricultural Outlook Board.
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A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Scientists found that an antibacterial substance that occurs naturally in chickens has the ability to fight cancer cells.
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Last week’s Washington Report carried information from FSIS news release about the changes to the agency’s National Residue Program (NRP). Following is further information about FSIS’ “New Analytical Methods and Sampling Procedures for the United States National Residue Program for Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products.”
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