Meat & Poultry

Demand for the Certified Angus Beef® (CAB®) brand surged higher in 2011, which helps explain a 40% jump in packer-reported CAB grid premiums. Licensed packers paid owners of CAB-accepted finished cattle $32.3 million last year, compared to almost $23 million in 2010, according to February reports. That does not include related premiums paid for Choice and Prime grades. …

The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) is excited to announce that Betsy Booren of the American Meat Institute, Dayna Harhay of the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center and Shelly McKee of Auburn University will be the speakers in the Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) Food Safety Concurrent Session sponsored by Purac America, Inc. on Monday, June 18. They will discuss three critical stages in food safety. …

Aurelio’s Italian Sausage has been named the exclusive and official sausage of the Joliet Slammers, bringing two great passions together – Aurelio’s and baseball. …

America’s beef community remains dedicated to producing the safest food supply in the world through improved science-based prevention interventions, especially in the case of E. coli O157:H7, for which reported cases of the infection continue to decline. …

U.S. live cattle on Monday suffered its worst two-day setback in three months as funds took profits after the market's record high last week, and discouraging economic data out of China could hurt U.S. beef and
pork exports. …