USDA’s Final Mandatory Country-of-Origin Label Rule Will Require Change in Chicken Labeling

On May 24, 2013, in Mandatory Country-of- Origin Labeling

USDA’s final rule published today that amends the mandatory country-of-origin labeling (mCOOL) regulations for muscle cuts of meat and chicken will require a new and different statement on retail chicken packages.

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Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership Agreement Must Achieve “High-Class 21st Century” Goal, NCC and Other Groups Declare

On May 24, 2013, in Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership

If U.S. agriculture or selected parts of U.S. agriculture are excluded from the soon-to-be officially-launched Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) final agreement or are placed into a “future negotiation” category, it will likely fail to win the overall support of the food and agricultural sector that will be needed to ensure final congressional approval of the agreement, the National Chicken Council and forty other agricultural organizations said in a jointly-signed letter to White House Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) nominee Michael Froman.

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FSIS Intends to Establish Pathogen Reduction Performance Standards for NRTE Comminuted Poultry

On May 24, 2013, in Food Safety

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has instructed inspectors at plants that produce not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) comminuted poultry products that, beginning on June 1, they are to sample these products.

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Broiler Pullet Chick Placements for Hatchery Supply Flock in April 2013 Decreased 5 Percent From a Year Earlier

On May 24, 2013, in Broiler Pullet Chick Placements

Intended U.S. placements of broiler pullet chicks for the hatchery supply flock for April 2013 were 6,222,000,  a 5-percent  decrease from the 6,524,000 pullet chicks placed in April 2012, according to the “Chickens and Eggs” report issued this week by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

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Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On May 24, 2013, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending May 25 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 160,164,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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