The growth of the meat snack category has demonstrated that consumers are driven to meat in many hand-held forms. Expresco Foods, a Montreal, Quebec processor with a particular expertise in grilled meats, is banking that consumers will want to snack with skewers as well.
Perdue is first major poultry company to promise to meet animal welfare criteria outlined in the “Joint Animal Protection Organization Statement on Broiler Chicken Welfare Issues.”
The term muscle myopathy is used to describe conditions associated with muscle weakness or changes in muscle mass in meat production. Fast growth rate is one of the many factors related to muscle myopathies in a multitude of farm production species.
On April 11, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the exemption secured under CERCLA and EPCRA. Animal agriculture needs to be aware of and develop a comprehensive plan to address this adverse decision.