Meat & Poultry

The National Chicken Council released the following statement today in response to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a pseudo-medical, vegan advocacy group, and its misleading claims about supermarket chicken. …

Superior Farms announced today an expanded partnership with Colorado Box Beef Company Co. (CBBC), a Florida-based distributor of protein and food products for the Southern US market. Customers in Florida and the south will now receive the service of a regional distributor coupled with the resources of the largest lamb company in North America. …

As part of its ongoing commitment to fighting hunger, Butterball, LLC recently joined The Poultry Federation, Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance (AHRA) and the Arkansas Foodbank to donate 6,427 pounds of turkey products to support the No Kid Hungry Arkansas Campaign. The campaign – which was launched in 2010 through the efforts of Share Our Strength, AHRA and the state of Arkansas – serves as a national effort to end childhood hunger in America by 2015 by connecting families facing hunger with programs that can help them. …

Poultry companies that spent decades breeding top-heavy birds to satisfy America's craving for chicken breasts are hunting for solutions as consumers cluck for more dark meat. …

There is still time to register for the Canadian Meat Council’s 92nd Annual Conference, New Opportunities in a Global Market, to be held May 30-June 1, 2012 in Quebec City. An updated agenda is included in the attached invitation.
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