Meat & Poultry

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Canadian Food Inspection Agency President George Da Pont met with CFIA Inspectors at Establishment 38 today to verify the work being done and to ensure consumer health and safety is everyone’s highest priority. Minister Ritz gave the following statement following his meeting. …

Beef Month is here! On September 19th, 2012 leaders from the Alabama Cattlemen's Association were on site for Governor Robert Bentley to proclaim October as Beef Month in Alabama. Each year, this month is dedicated to promoting and educating consumers about beef and the hardworking farm families that raise cattle. …

Hawaii's beef market is backward. Nearly all the beef eaten here — 95 percent — arrives packaged on container ships from the U.S. mainland. At the same time, Hawaii cattle ranchers ship 40,000 live cattle each year to California, Kansas and other states, while just 4,000 are slaughtered for meat sales in Hawaii. …

Earlier this year I wrote at length about a very pricey food scam, the widespread sale of fake Kobe beef in this country. In my multi-part series I explained that for the past few years the USDA has completely banned the import of all Japanese beef, Kobe or otherwise, fresh or frozen, bone or boneless. This situation changed drastically last month when the USDA relaxed its rules and allowed the limited importation of some Japanese beef. …

A Canada-wide beef recall has boosted business — and wholesale prices — for some butchers in Ontario. …