In early January, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance that may prohibit specific uses of a class of antibiotics in the major food animal species, which include cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys.
The current recession is a result of the death of many manufacturing sectors in the United States and their rebirth in third-world countries that are more competitive!
In September, the Food Safety and Inspection Service issued Directive 6900.2 Revision 2.
This 40-page document provided much-needed clarification on several potential animal welfare-related issues in livestock slaughter facilities.
We are all used to putting labels on our products. All too often we think of a label solely as a way to convey to customers information about; the product name, product ingredients, nutritional information, net weight and your company name.
Recently there was a vote in Canada. Surprise, surprise, it was to choose the greatest hockey player. Those voting were to consider who displayed the greatest skills, courage, teamwork and—most of all—the greatest leadership.
Just last month, I attended the Center of Excellence conference of protein and feed manufacturers in Barcelona, Spain, where I spoke to the group about brand building in the United States.
The turmoil around immigration reform and worksite enforcement is far from over. During the past two years there has been an extraordinary, but very quiet transition of worksite enforcement tactics, accompanied by a not so quiet expansion of the E-Verify program that has set the scene to effectively deny unauthorized workers jobs.
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