Each week, NCC will feature in a short spotlight column the official representative from each of our Allied Leader and Allied Member companies. This week’s Allied Leader Member Spotlight is Callie McQuain, DVM, MAM, DACPV, who is the Technical Services Manager for U.S. Poultry at EW Nutrition.
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Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled yesterday, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat, according to a story by the Associated Press.
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As Generation Z ages and becomes the primary protein purchasing demographic, their priorities could affect how broilers are fed, raised and produced. “The things that Generation Z wants are not unique by any means. Everybody wants them to varying degrees,” explained Joyce Neth, VP of audience engagement, WATT Global Media. “Chicken is positioned very well for the next generation of buyers. Let’s just keep that going.”
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Most retail categories continue to outperform their pre-pandemic normal as life remains more home-centric, according to the June Performance Report by Circana, 210 Analytics and Hillphoenix. Year-to-date, volume meat sales have been positive every month with the one exception of April when the shift in Easter timing overrode the general strength of everyday demand. In June, fresh meat pounds were flat versus last year and 0.5 percent versus two years ago. Mild inflation pushed dollars for both processed and fresh meat into the plus.
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NCC, joined by several state poultry associations, recently wrote to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting a 180-day extension to the comment periods for two recent proposed rules: Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems; and Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets.
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