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California Sends Slaughter On The Road
he first fully-licensed mobile livestock slaughter unit in California will improve animal welfare by eliminating long journeys to slaughterhouses and improve meat quality, claims its operator Central Coast Agricultural Cooperative (CCAC). ...
New Food Wash Kills Pathogens Fast
Georgia scientists have created a technology that kills pathogens on food at home and in restaurants, grocery stores and food-processing facilities. ...
Cargill implements plant auditing system
Cargill Beef has implemented a third-party video-auditing system that will operate 24 hours a day at its U.S. beef harvesting plants the company announced this week. ...
JBS, From a Small Butcher Shop in Brazil to a Global Meat Processor
At the tender age of 18, when other teenagers dream about getting a car, Wesley Batista was handed a meat-packing plant to manage. ...
Cattle producers reminded of new FDA carcass disposal rule
Minnesota agriculture officials are reminding cattle producers of a new rendering regulation that goes into affect this spring that could affect their ability to dispose of dead cattle....
Students hope to make cut at meat-judging competition in Dallas
Meagan Igo spent her weekend stuck in an Oak Cliff meat locker. ...
Tyson shakeup
Dick Bond, president and CEO of Tyson Foods Inc. for the past three years, announced his immediate retirement early last month. Leland Tollett, Tyson...
Cattle producers still seeing effects of Tyson
When Tyson announced on Jan. 25, 2008, that it would cease slaughter operations in Emporia, the industry that took the most direct hit was the local cattle industry whose cattle were harvested at Tyson. ...
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No Silver Bullet
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