Canadian Government department Health Canada has published its Food Guide report stating that lean red meat should be consumed each day due to its high amount of nutrients.
The US pork industry has made efforts to stamp out the threat of foreign animal diseases by collaborating to create the National Swine Disease Council.
The US Government’s decision to purchase pork from Brazilian firm JBS using funds earmarked for American producers has been criticised by the National Farmers Union (NFU).
Family-owned US meat firm North Country Smokehouse has claimed to have brought one of the only certified organic Canadian bacon lines to the US market.
The US meat and poultry packers and processors industry continued to make significant progress in workplace safety last year, as the newly released Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) incidence rate for non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses reached...
Retaliatory tariffs imposed on US goods by international markets are estimated to have cost the US pork industry around $1.5 billion this year, according to Iowa State University.
The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) has outlined key meat and poultry industry negotiating objectives and priorities for a bilateral US-Japan Trade Agreement in comments submitted to the Office of the US Trade Representative.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Disputes Settlement Body (DSB) has agreed to establish disputes settlement panels to rule on whether retaliatory duties imposed by Canada, China, and Mexico on US meat exports, imposed in response to America’s controversial...
The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has revealed the pork industry is still facing “obstacles” from the retaliatory tariffs imposed by China and Mexico, as export values continued to slump during September.
The US avoided a potential case of African Swine Fever (ASF) when one of the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) trained detector dog sniffed out a roasted pig head in a passenger’s bag.
Smithfield Foods has confirmed it has disposed of 50,000 lb of products after an employee urinated on a pork production line at its plant in Virginia, US.
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has backed US President Donald Trump’s “ambitious trade agenda” as the country seeks a trade agreement with the European Union, the UK and Japan.
US-based sausage business Klement’s is set to tap increased demand for its products by investing US$7.5m to reconstruct and expand its Milwaukee, Wisconsin facility.
The US National Pork Board (NPB) has advised pork producers to take action on feed ingredients to protect domestic herds from foreign animal diseases (FADs).
Smithfield Foods, the US food producer, has announced plans for a US$1.2 million expansion at its Grayson, Kentucky facility, which will increase production capacity by 20%.
The Meat Advisory Panel has downplayed the International Journal of Cancer’s research into processed meat and breast cancer by stating it did not provide any “causal link”.
Canadian pork processor Maple Leaf Foods has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VIAU Foods, a producer of premium Italian cooked, dry-cured and charcuterie meats for a purchase price of CA$215m, including CA$30m in Maple Leaf stock.
US meat exporters are hoping that the Trump administration’s aggressive trade policy approach towards China will force Beijing to remove non-tariff bureaucratic barriers that depressed sales before this year’s trade war between the two economic giants....
Smithfield Foods, the US-based pork processor, has revealed it is fully prepared for the potential impact of Hurricane Florence, specifically in North Carolina and Virginia.
Cell-based meat outfit Memphis Meats and the US trade body North American Meat Institute (NAMI) have joined forces to lobby the government on the jurisdiction of cell-based meat products.
US-based pork processor Sioux-Preme Packing has had plans to expand its pork harvest operation in Sioux County approved by the Iowa Economic Development Board.
Canadian-based Maple Leaf Foods has pledged to become the “most sustainable protein company on earth” by investing $28 million in a range of animal welfare technology at its poultry processing plant in Edmonton.
