The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a new grant opportunity intended to enhance meat and poultry processing capacity. A total of $55.2 million is being made available through…
Health Bite: Eating Healthy on a Budget
…lean into that. Keep enough staples on hand for your favorite fast and healthy meals. For me, that’s plenty of eggs, oatmeal, mixed salad greens, deli turkey meat, avocado, and…
Pandemic Assistance for Producers Initiative Bringing Additional Aid
…PPE. A total of $700 million will be made available to assist specialty crop growers, meat packers and processors, and others to address PPE needs. About the Author Brian German…
Updates to The Packers and Stockyards Act Proposed by USDA
…enhancement of the 100-year-old law. Issues within the meat sector were exposed during the disruptions created during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The Packers and Stockyards Act is a vital tool for…
Build Back Better Initiative Supports Food System With $4 Billion Investment
…Better investments also take a targeted approach to the meat sector. USDA will work to increase transparency and competition in livestock markets and meat processing. As emphasis is being placed…
Almond Update: Growers Sought for Research to Combat Aflatoxins
…other industries for many years. Its registration on almonds became official in 2017 after several years of evaluations funded by the Almond Board.” Over the last two years, ABC has…
Health Bite: Macronutrients 101
…pretty easy to spot protein because all animal meat is protein. So yeah, chicken, beef, fish, pork and more. Lean protein refers to the absence of a lot of fat…
Public Comment Begin Accepted for Implementation of Proposition 12 Regulations
…and marking requirements, conveyance inspection, and certification for the sale of shell eggs, liquid eggs, whole veal meat, and whole pork meat in California. Anyone looking to provide input on…
Health Bite: Calories 101
…and fatty meat. Other foods are low in calories based on their weight, like celery, cucumbers, and cauliflower. Most people, at one time or another in their life, have counted…
Internal Cooking Temp Remains Same Even if Price of Meat is Higher at Market
…purchasing your favorite meat for a Memorial Day cookout, Meredith Carothers, food safety expert with the USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline shares some safe cooking tips for various meat and…
Organic Sales Hit New Record of Nearly $62 Billion in 2020
…totaled $20.4 billion in 2020. OTA indicated that more than 15 percent of all fruits and vegetables sold in the U.S. are now organic. The smallest organic categories of meat,…
Almond Update: Getting Involved is Easy and Vital for the Industry
…knowledge of growers, processors and handlers. Michelle Penney, manager at Del Rio Nut Company, has been serving on the Global Communications Committee since 2017. “At Del Rio, you know we…
U.S. Potatoes Get Green Light in Mexico
A long-awaited decision from Mexico’s Supreme Court was announced last week, opening market access for U.S. potatoes. The unanimous vote of five to zero overturns a 2017 decision that prevented…
Industry Members Supportive of Reintroduction of DAIRY PRIDE Act
…in 2017 to address the mislabeling of non-dairy products had been unsuccessful. Under the direction of FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, the agency gathered public comments on the issue of labeling…