Bans on meat imports from Brazil following the announced investigation into alleged bribery over meat safety issues were short-lived as China, Chile and Egypt have resumed imports from Brazil. Meat…
Citrus Tarping Enforcement Begins April 3
…At that time, all entities involved in growing, transporting/hauling or packing/processing bulk citrus fruit must be operating under the terms of the new compliance agreement. Under the new regulation, all…
JBS Suspends Brazil Product After Meat Scandal
The world’s biggest packer, JBS, suspended meat production at 33 of its 36 meatpacking plants in Brazil as countries continue to ban Brazilian beef due to the corruption scandal and…
Pacific Region Livestock Slaughter
…pounds, and hogs averaged 257 pounds. In Hawaii, 700,000 pounds of red meat were produced in February 2017, and 100,000 pounds of red meat were produced in Nevada. United States…
NPPC Asks USDA to Abandon GIPSA Rules
…ignore crucial differences among the various sectors of the meat industry and raise serious constitutional concerns under the First Amendment.” The regulations were issued in the last weeks of the…
Funding to Support Research on Sustainable Water Use
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $34 million in available funding for projects that promote sustainable water use for food production, processing,…
Fresno State Signs Ag Academic Pact with Brazilian University
…students and faculty from the food science and nutrition, industrial technology, meat science, plant science and viticulture and enology departments. For more information, contact Geoff Thurner at gthurner@csufresno.edu or 559.278.7221….
Amid Brazil Scandal, Groups Urging Reconsideration of COOL
Amid a meat safety issue in Brazil and a trade priorities list from President Trump, some groups are calling for the reconsideration of country-of-origin meat labeling. COOL was repealed by…
Meat Groups Want Disease Protection in Farm Bill
Beef, turkey, sheep and pork industry representatives all testified in favor of a stronger program to protect animals from disease, especially foot-and-mouth disease. The Hagstrom Report says the groups gave…
Brazil Meat Scandal an “Economic Embarrassment”
Brazil President Michel Temer (Mee’-shell Tuh-mehr’) called the recent scandal around Brazil’s sale of expired meats to other countries an “economic embarrassment” on Tuesday while more countries suspended meat imports…
USDA on Tainted Brazilian Meat
…American families in light of the recent investigations of Brazil’s meat industry. While none of the slaughter or processing facilities implicated in the Brazilian scandal have shipped meat products to…
Brazil Beef Scandal Limiting Global Options for Buyers
…from Brazil. China has suspended imports of beef from Brazil after Brazil announced an investigation accusing meat inspectors of taking bribes to allow sales of tainted food. The European Union…
National Ag Day 2017
…management and marketing agricultural research and engineering food science processing and retailing banking education landscape architecture urban planning energy and other fields. Beginning in kindergarten and continuing through 12th grade,…
China Halts Meat Imports from Brazil
…meatpacking plants owned by JBS and BRF. The Brazilian government and representatives of the meat industry in Brazil have said the processing facilities investigated by federal police represent only a…