Cookie Production That Doesn't Hurt – Solutions From Unifiller Systems

March 16, 2012 Unifiller Systems Inc.

Investing in a cookie dough depositor means the machine does all the portioning and cutting work allowing bakery staff to focus on other production activities. Unifiller’s Mini-Dopositor, for example, cuts and deposits up to 3600 accurate portions of cookie dough per hour – one operator can deposit up to 5 sheet pans per minute.

Butterball, LLC Receives Five Worker Safety Awards For Commitment To Creating A Safe Workplace

March 16, 2012 Butterball

Butterball, LLC, the nation’s largest poultry producer, has earned Worker Safety Recognition Awards from the American Meat Institute (AMI) for five of its facilities nationwide. These awards distinguish AMI member companies who demonstrate a strong commitment to creating a safer workplace for all meat and poultry industry employees. The awards were presented Wed., March 14 as part of AMI's Conference on Worker Safety, Health, Human Resources and the Environment in Kansas City, Mo.

JBS Increases Pilgrim's Pride Stake To 75%

March 16, 2012 Staff Reporter, Reuters

Brazil's JBS SA , the world's biggest beef processor, raised its stake in affiliate Pilgrim's Pride Corp by $107.2 million, strengthening its bet on a United States chicken market struggling with rising feed costs.

National Hot Dog & Sausage Council Urges Chicagoans To Use Characteristic Windy City Common Sense

March 16, 2012 American Meat Institute

An outrageous, inflammatory billboard from the pseudo-medical animal rights group the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is another effort to advance the group’s goal: a vegan society.

NCBA Supports Rule To Increase Competitiveness Of Checkoff Funds

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) today, March 14, 2012, submitted comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service proposed rule pertaining to the Beef Checkoff Program. The proposed rule would expand contracting authority by eliminating the requirement that only allows organizations active and ongoing since 1985 to contract with the checkoff. The proposed rule would allow national non-profit, industry-governed organizations that have been representing the cattle industry for at least two years to be eligible to contract for the implementation of checkoff programs.