…guest, and employee use. So, to sell individual cuts of locally raised meats to consumers, farmers and ranchers must send their animals to a USDA-inspected slaughterhouse. Proponents of the bill…
USDA Launches New Effort to Reduce Salmonella Illnesses Linked to Poultry
…encouraging preharvest controls to reduce Salmonella contamination coming into the slaughterhouse. The data generated from pilots will be used to determine if a different approach could reduce Salmonella illness in…
Central Valley Meat Company Acquires Harris Ranch Beef
…Beef Company’s 800-acre Central Valley feedlot with a capacity of 250,000 cattle, along with its slaughterhouse and processing facilities will be sold to Central Valley Meat Company. Both companies will…
Canada Closes TB Investigation
…cattle, which was first discovered in a U.S. slaughterhouse. The agency expects to publish a summary report online in June. The AgCanada Network reports that animals across 79 “trace-out” herds…
Avian Influenza Found in Mexico
…and the birds were sent to a nearby slaughterhouse. Mexico’s agriculture sanitation authority said the outbreak occurred in the same area where the virus was detected in 2012 and was…
HPAI Outbreaks in Asia, Europe Prompting Biosecurity Measures
…product imports. South Korea has confirmed 22 million birds have been culled in the wake of several outbreaks over the last month and Taiwan has ordered a slaughterhouse to be…
Canada Approves Funds for Ranchers Affected by Bovine TB
…notified Canada of the bovine TB outbreak when a cow from Alberta tested positive for bovine TB at a U.S. slaughterhouse. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
‘One Health’ Antibiotic Awareness
…Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) collect slaughterhouse samples and evaluate them for antibiotic resistance. USDA takes a “One Health” approach to antimicrobial resistance research. The One Health approach embraces…
Federal Indictment for CA Slaughterhouse
…Federal Indictment for CA Slaughterhouse The federal charges unsealed this week, name co-owner Jesse Amaral Jr along with two employees of the now defunct California company, according to Meatingplace. The…
California Video Shuts Down Slaughterhouse
…operation of a Central California slaughterhouse after receiving undercover video showing alleged abuse to dairy cows. Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which inspects meat facilities, suspended operations…