In October 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a Regional Emphasis Program (REP) mandating comprehensive inspections at poultry-processing facilities.
One of the many effects of our recent experiences with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been the difficulties that the primary breeding industry in the U.S. has had in exporting its products and also moving breeding stock within the United States.
This year the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) chose poultry processing for a special emphasis program and is conducting comprehensive safety and health inspections at poultry plants.
The 2016 edition of IPPE was the fourth year of the partnership for U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY), North American Meat Institute (NAMI) and American Feed Industry Association (AFIA).
After the weather put a damper on expectations that the 2014 IPPE would attract one of the largest attendance levels for the event, surely the South would not experience a same week winter repeat in 2015 … and that proved to be true!