Pork

South Carolina-based Yu Shang Food, Inc. is recalling approximately 4,589 pounds of ready-to-eat poultry and pork products due to possible Listeria contamination.  USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said the recall is out of an abundance of caution.  The ready-to...

The U.S. Meat Export Federation is gathering in Tucson, AZ, this week for their Strategic Planning Conference.  As Randy Spronk looks back at his year as chair of USMEF, a highlight has been the investment in market diversification made possible through the USDA Regional Agricultural Promotion Program or RAPP.   “...

While export volume was down slightly in June, the U.S. Meat Export Federation said U.S. beef reached the highest value in nearly two years.  Dan Halstrom, USMEF President and CEO said exports totaled $938 million in June, which was up 3% from a pretty big number from a year ago.   “...

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Tyson Foods recently announced it will be closing a Virginia processing plant in May.  The two-month notice given to its chicken suppliers has raised concerns among farmers and legal experts about Tyson’s compliance with antitrust regulations.  Those re...

A recent proposal by USDA which involves meat product labelling immediately raised the spectre of COOL, Country-of-Origin labelling, for Canadian red meat sectors.  USDA proposed that ‘only’ meat products derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United States should be allowed to carry a Made in the USA label.  Back in late 2...

The supply of chicken available to eat in the United States continues to outpace beef, according to new food availability data from the USDA’s Economic Research Service.  In 2021, 68.1 pounds of chicken per person were available for human consumption, on a boneless, edible basis, compared with 56.2 pounds of bee...

Year-end data from USDA shows that that U.S. beef exports reach new heights in 2022, including double digit growth in export value.  U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan Halstrom said volume in 2022 was up a few percentage points from 2021, establishing that new export value record of $11.7 billion...

Even though U.S. production of pork, broilers and turkeys is expected to increase this year, the USDA is still reporting a decline in total meat production; and that is driven by a fairly sharp decline in beef production.  USDA Outlook Board chairman Mark Jekanowski said this could be the second year in a row of declining total U.S. meat p...

The USDA’s December forecast had some minor adjustments, when it comes to meat production.  World agricultural outlook board chair Mark Jekanowski said most of those changes were minor and impacted calendar year 2022.  Likewise, he noted, there were minor changes made to the meat price forecast.   "Didn't make any...