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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The National Protein and Food Distributors Association (NPFDA) honored House of Raeford Farms’ CEO and Owner, Robert C. (Bob) Johnson, with the organization’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award during its annual meeting. Surrounded by business associates, friends, and family, Johnson was celebrated for a lifetime of service and leadership within the poultry industry.
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NCC will once again have a booth at this year’s International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, January 27 – 29, 2026. Stop by and visit us in the B-Hall, Booth #B35011!
The state of Oregon last summer petitioned FSIS to allow state establishments — located in states operating under a cooperative agreement with FSIS to enforce requirements “at least equal to” federal requirements — to slaughter or process amenable species for subsequent use at federal establishments within the same state.
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Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, the ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, yesterday filed paperwork to run for Minnesota governor, according to a filing.
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