The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs (US-RSPE) released the second Sustainability Framework Report at the Market Intelligence Forum during the 2026 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta. The session explored key trends, including sustainability benchmarks, opportunities for innovation, and pathways for continuous improvement stemming from this year’s compilation of industry data. View the report here.
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Whether you’re rooting for the Patriots or the Seahawks on Sunday, or just watching for the commercials, you’ll probably be doing so while enjoying some wings, helping to contribute to the 1.48 billion NCC is projecting will be eaten this weekend. You’d need more than 3,400 fully loaded semi-trucks to haul them all – enough trucks to make a 40-mile long convoy of nothing but wings!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – While New England is known for its chowder and Seattle its salmon tossing, when it comes to Super Bowl menus, nothing is hotter than wings. The National Chicken Council (NCC) today released its annual Chicken Wing Report, projecting Americans to eat 1.48 billion chicken wings watching the Patriots and Seahawks battle for the Lombardi Trophy. This figure represents an increase of about 10 million more wings than last year’s game.
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The incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses within the poultry sector’s slaughter and processing workforce has fallen below all general industry, manufacturing and food manufacturing levels again. The total recordable poultry processing illness and injury rate for 2024 is 2.4 cases per 100 full-time workers annually, the lowest rate recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for poultry processing. Poultry processing’s 2024 rate of 2.4 represents a 90% decrease from 1994 (the oldest data available on the BLS website), when the recorded rate was 22.7. Below are the poultry processing incident rates for 2024.
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