Meat & Poultry

Tri State Beef, a Cincinnati, Ohio, establishment, is recalling approximately 228,596 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. …

Northwestern Meat, Inc., a Miami, Fla. firm, is recalling approximately 6,240 pounds of frozen boneless beef products imported from Honduras that may contain the animal drug Ivermectin, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. Ivermectin is a broad-spectrum anti-parasitic and is used as a de-worming agent in live animals. …

More than 1,000 Capitol Hill lawmakers, staff, meat industry representatives and members of the media today convened at the Rayburn House Office Building Courtyard to once again celebrate National Hot Dog Month at the American Meat Institute’s (AMI) annual Hot Dog Lunch. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce designated July as National Hot Dog Month in 1957. …

Farmers across Delmarva are working to keep their chickens cool as temperatures soar. Temperatures at or above 100 degrees are deadly to chickens of all ages, said farmer Jim Baxter of Georgetown. Fresh out of the incubator, younger chicks generally handle warm weather better than older birds, Baxter said.
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The Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation has offered "strong support" for a bill that will help local farmers by transferring oversight of meat and poultry slaughtering facilities from the state Department of Public Health to the Department of Agricultural Resources. …