U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 20 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 159,522,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 13 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 155,841,000 broilers, a 7-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 6 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 158,554,000 broilers, a 5-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 30 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 159,077,000 broilers, a 4-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

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The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a mark up on the fiscal year 2012 bill that will fund USDA from October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. 

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The National Chicken Council, along with 16 other trade groups, sent a letter this week to the leadership of the House Committee on Appropriations as well as the House Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies urging them to reject imposing new “food safety fees” to fund the implementation of the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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WTO Issues Preliminary Decision Against MCOOL

On May 27, 2011, in International Trade, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. labeling requirements involving the origin of meat, chicken, and certain other products sold at retail grocery are in violation of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, according to news reporting services who have been advised about a WTO interim report that was circulated to the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico late last week.

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Poultry Industry Opposes Mandatory Fleet Recorders

On May 27, 2011, in Regulatory, by Phouth Gonzalez

The National Chicken Council, the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, and the National Turkey Federation in comments filed this week with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) expressed their opposition to FMCSA’s proposed rule requiring companies to install electronic on-board recorders on their truck fleets.

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