Meat & Poultry

The USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) announced the development of an advanced test to detect a Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A bacteria that is a leading cause of food-poisoning that is cheaper, faster and significantly more sensitive than existing assays. …

Biologist Caleb Finch at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles has suggested that the reason humans enjoy a longer lifespan may be an evolutionary response to meat-rich diets. …

Spartan Stores and Miller Poultry are partnering again this year to distribute 20,000 pounds of chicken through Spartan Stores’ D&W Fresh Market, VGs, Plumbs, Toms and Olesons locations, destined for Michigan area food banks. …

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Northern District of Texas has approved the amended joint plan of reorganization
of the Company and six of its subsidiaries, paving the way for the Debtors to exit bankruptcy later this month. …

Kowalskis Markets will soon be the exclusive Twin Cities vendor of Akaushi
beef, a choice variety of meat rarely found outside of Japan. The anticipation of which is prompting Kowalski’s to take reservations and has upped spending on print and radio advertising. …