News

USDA official speaks at healthy schools event

fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon met with students and staff at Southern Middle School to applaud their participation in Fuel Up to Play 60, an initiative that promotes better nutrition and increased physical activity.  

Veal video prompts U.S. retailers comment

fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. U.S. retailer Costco Wholesale Corp. has released a statement in response to a video of veal calves in individual crates on an Ohio farm, made surreptitiously by a group called Mercy for Animals (MFA).  

NCC on Ethanol subsidy

fleischwirtschaft.com – USA, Washington, D.C. In the letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), NCC (National Chicken Council) and other major poultry and livestock trade associations have urged U.S. Congress to allow the tax subsidy and protective tariff for ethanol to expire as scheduled in December.
 

U.S. livestock producers fear gipsa rule’s consequences

fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. Beef and pork producers rallied against USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration's (GIPSA) proposed federal rule on the buying and selling of livestock at a public meeting held in Fort Collins (USA).  

More than a thousand people for competition workshop

fleischwirtschaft.com - USA, Washington. More than a thousand people assembled in Fort Collins, Colorado (USA), for a United States Department of Agriculture-Department of Justice workshop to examine competition in the livestock industry.  

Millions of livestock dead or in danger in Pakistan

fleischwirtschaft.com - PAKISTAN/ITALY. Millions of livestock have been affected by the floods in Pakistan and are badly in need of food and medicine, FAO said.  

High-Tech imaging can distinguish campylobacter

fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. A type of high-tech imaging can be used to distinguish the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter from other microorganisms as quickly as 24 hours after a sample is placed on solid media in a Petri dish, according to a study published by USDA scientists.  

USDA assists “HealthierUS” compaign

fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack encouraged schools throughout the country to participate in the HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC), an initiative on the nutrition of children.  

New markets for Canadian livestock producers

fleischwirtschaft.com - CANADA, Ottawa. Canadian breeding cattle are back in Colombia after almost 10 years of trade restrictions, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced.  

New USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety

fleischwirtschaft.com – USA, Washington. U.S. President Barack Obama announced his intent to recess appoint Elisabeth Hagen, M.D., as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety.