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Thursday, May 14, 2020
US meat supply supplemented by imports from Mexico
As major meat processing facilities in the United States shut down due to COVID-19, Mexican beef is being imported to supplement dwindling stocks, causing anger among American cattle ranchers, reported Reuters.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Pork meat piles up in Flemish pork farms on dropping demand
A farmers union said that pig farmers in Flanders, the Flemish region of Belgium, are running out of space for their animals as pork demand slumps due to the COVID-19 outbreak and a swine flu epidemic, reported The Brussels Times.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Meat packers most vulnerable in beef supply chain during pandemic
The beef production system and the transportation industry are interdependent critical infrastructures, according to an interdisciplinary team of Kansas State University researchers, who developed a computer simulation that revealed beef su ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
US meat exports to China soar while local consumers face shortfall
While the nation's consumers are facing food supply shortages, US meat processing plants have increasingly been exporting to China, a Reuters analysis of government data showed.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
China bans four Australian meat processing plants
China has banned four major Australian slaughterhouses, which are understood to specifically relate to issues on labelling and health certificate requirements, reported Queensland Country Life.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Major US meatpacking plants resume operations
Meatpacking facilities, which are considered as critical infrastructure, have safely reopened across the US, commended US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, reported National Hog Farmer.
Monday, May 11, 2020
US meatpacking workers union protests reopening of meat plants
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 250,000 workers in the meatpacking and food processing industry said 10,000 workers have contracted COVID-19 and 30 have died from the virus, reported Reute ...
Thursday, May 7, 2020
US agencies urge prompt action from meat, poultry processing plants
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued recommendations for meat and poultry firm employers to keep their facilities safe during the outbreak, reported The Nat ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Impossible Foods to sell flagship alternative meat burgers in Kroger
The company gains a foothold in a major United States supermarket chain, which would see its plant-based burgers sold in 17,000 Kroger stores in the country, reported Reuters.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
More US pork exported to China, meat slaughter averages falling
Supplies of United States pork are being exported to China even as the United States is close to a meat supply crisis due to COVID-19, reported Reuters.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
BRF SA targeted by Brazilian prosecutors to close meat plants
The prosecutors aimed to close one BRF-owned meat plant and another owned by a non-listed meatpacker, adding to the number of meatpacking facilities that have shut down to stop the spread of COVID-19, reported Reuters.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Tyson Foods: COVID-19 will continue to disrupt US meat plants
The company said the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to disrupt meat production in the United States despite an executive order from US President Donald Trump to keep plants open, reported Reuters.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Australia confirms first COVID-19 outbreak in meat processing plant
Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos has confirmed Australia's first COVID-19 outbreak in a meat processing plant, which has been temporarily closed since Friday, reported Beef Central.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
US pork output slashed by 50% amid operating meat plants
According to Tyson Foods, US hog processing capacity had dropped by 50% even with the president's executive order last week requiring meat processing plants to stay open to ward off shortages, reported The Washington Post.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
COVID-19 hits Ireland's meat plants
An outbreak of COVID-19 among meat factory workers in Tipperary, Ireland has raised fears that the virus is spreading through abattoirs and meat processing plants in the country, reported The Guardian.
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