FishChoice.com Announces Addition Of Certified Farmed Shellfish Products

September 29, 2011 Fishchoice.com / Food Alliance

Food Alliance’s recently debuted shellfish certification program is the first aquaculture certification program added to FishChoice.com’s sustainable seafood directory. Food Alliance joins FishChoice’s sustainable seafood partners which include the Seafood Watch Program, Blue Ocean Institute, and the Marine Stewardship Council.

Comments Period Extended On Proposed Enhanced Products Rule

September 29, 2011 American Meat Institute

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is extending the comment period on a proposed rule announced this summer to establish common or usual names for raw meat and poultry products that include injections, marinades or have otherwise incorporated added solutions (sometimes referred to as “enhanced products”).

U.S. Hog-Breeding Herd Grows 0.6% As Profit Spurs Expansion

September 29, 2011 Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg

The U.S. hog-breeding herd on Sept. 1 was 0.6 percent bigger than a year earlier and more than analysts forecast as profitability prospects encouraged producers to expand.

Just BARE Seeks Minimalist Chefs To Create Chicken Recipes For Just 5 Cooking Challenge

September 29, 2011 GNP Company

Just BARE® announces an all-new recipe challenge to grow excitement around its belief that "less is really more—in cooking and in life." Ending on November 1, 2011, the Just BARE Just 5 Cooking Challenge requires entrants to submit recipes using Just BARE Chicken and no more than four other ingredients (salt, pepper and a fat source for cooking do not count against the total). The focus on minimal cooking and living is central to Just BARE, a brand of all-natural chicken that offers no antibiotics, no added hormones, no animal byproducts, and no unwanted additives.

Oregon Association Of Nurseries & Others Speak Out On Sweeping E-Verify Requirements

September 29, 2011 Oregon Association of Nurseries

Oregon agriculture leaders responded sharply to news last week that the House Judiciary Committee approved Chairman Lamar Smith's H.R.2885, the Legal Workforce Act. Top officials with the Oregon Association of Nurseries, Oregon Dairy Commission, Oregon Winegrowers Association, and the Oregon Farm Bureau strongly oppose H.R. 2885, which would make a federal E-Verify system mandatory for all U.S. employers within three years.