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Saturday, January 28, 2023
Agriculture researchers in Arkansas, US, to study robot aided poultry processing
Researchers from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture in the US, have been awarded a US$1 million grant to research and develop robots to assist in poultry processing, the North ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
New further poultry processing plant opened in northeast Georgia, US
Hodie Meats announced on December 19 that it opened a new further poultry processing facility in northeast Georgia, the United States.
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Carolina Fresh Foods to set up US$10 million poultry processing plant in South Carolina, US
A joint venture formed by Carolina Fresh Foods and the owners of Lake Foods is planning to erect a new, US$10 million poultry further processing plant in Florence, South Carolina, the United States, state economic development officials anno ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
USDA commits US$215 million in grants to support meat and poultry processing
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it has committed US$215 million in grants and other support to expand meat and poultry processing options, boost the food supply chain, and provide rural communities with jobs and economic prospe ...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
USDA must foster competition in meat and poultry processing, says NFU
The National Farmers Union (NFU) recently submitted formal comments to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to a request for information on "Investments and Opportunities for Meat and Poultry Processing Infras ...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
USPOULTRY: Researchers evaluate peracetic acid's effect in poultry processing wastewater treatment systems
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, in which researchers evaluate the fate and effect of peracetic acid i ...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at poultry processing plant in British Columbia, Canada
Public health authorities in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, have identified a COVID-19 outbreak at Sunrise Poultry Processors Ltd processing plant.
Friday, January 8, 2021
Peco Foods shifts operations towards value-added poultry processing
US poultry processor Peco Foods announced January 7 that it will shut processing and live operations in three Mississippi locations: Brooksville, Canton (Fulton Street) and Philadelphia (hatchery), Talk Business & Politics reported. The com ...
Monday, December 21, 2020
USPOULTRY: Researchers investigate effect of PAA solutions in poultry processing wastewater treatment
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation have announced the completion of a funded research project at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, in which researchers investigated the effect of peracetic acid ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Injuries, illnesses in US poultry processing fall below all manufacturing for first time
The incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses within the US poultry sector's slaughter and processing workforce has fallen below all manufacturing for the first time since the US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ...
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Marel: From manual to automated poultry processing
For many poultry processors, the difficulty today is finding good labor. Filling all jobs in the plant is becoming a huge challenge. Processors might be considering a move to more automation and becoming less dependent on labor, particularl ...
Thursday, September 17, 2020
University researchers to study methods to combat COVID-19 inside meat and poultry processing plants
A team of researchers from Kansas State University (K-State), the United States, is using a US$1million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and an additional grant from the state of Kansas to study how to effective ...
Monday, August 31, 2020
Foster Farms to temporarily close California, US, poultry processing site over COVID-19 concerns
Foster Farms announced in late August that 239 of its staff at its Livingston Poultry Complex in Merced County, California, the United States, "have been cleared to return to work" after 392 positive cases of COVID-19 were previously confir ...
Monday, July 27, 2020
Marel: Supporting poultry processing plants during COVID-19
More than ever, poultry processors around the world have to guarantee their production or even increase it to keep the entire food supply system operating, Marel said.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
17,000 COVID-19 casesin US meat and poultry processing until end-May
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report said in April and May this year, COVID-19 has infected more than 17,000 workers in the United States meat and poultry industry, with 91 deaths, Reuters reported.

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