Articles Tagged with ''USPOULTRY''

The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association recently held individual ribbon-cutting ceremonies for their newly renovated office space in Tucker, Georgia.

Students from 31 universities nationwide convened in Atlanta recently for the USPOULTRY Foundation College Student Career Program, held in conjunction with the 2022 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE).

One thing has become clear as businesses start to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: Our industries have missed attending in-person meetings and events and are eager to get back to business, Companies that supply products and services to our industries have taken advantage of the opportunity to develop market-ready innovations to address the needs brought forth by new and different challenges in delivering products to meet changing consumer demands for feeding their families. 

Since 2012, USPOULTRY has worked with a group called John Dunham & Associates to conduct an economic impact study on the poultry industry. 

The pest-control technologies currently used for poultry facilities primarily rely on spraying pesticides to disinfect waterers and feeders. 

Matt Spencer, director HR & Safety Programs, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY), sat down with Andy Hanacek to discuss what the group is doing to help its members keep employees safe and the supply chain operating properly through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Blackhead disease is an important disease in the commercial turkey and chicken industries. The disease is introduced to turkeys by transmission of the eggs of the cecal worm Heterakis gallinarum by contact with chickens or chicken litter.

I write this because in April of this year, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on a lawsuit environmental groups filed against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after the agency finalized a rule that provided a narrow exemption for reporting the low-level emission of ammonia from poultry houses under CERCLA and EPCRA.

In May 2016, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) published a new recordkeeping rule, titled “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses,” fundamentality changing the process and purpose of employer reporting of work-related injuries and illnesses.