E. Coli Outbreaks Focus Attention On Food-Safety Rules
For consumers, food safety can seem simple. They want to know that their burgers are safe and that they can eat their spinach salad without spending days in agony, close to a bathroom. …
Meat & Poultry
Beef Industry: Electronic Reporting Didn’t Help
R-CALF USA contends tougher commodity trading rules are key to making markets work.
While dairy industry leaders across the country seem to be uniting behind the need for daily electronic reporting of product sale prices and volume, the beef industry has been disappointed with it’s results. …
Increasingly, Lamb Is An Everyday Dish
Lamb accounts for less than half of 1 percent of fresh meat sales in the United States, and about one-third of consumers have never tasted it. Hoping to encourage more home cooks like Smith and more sales the American Lamb Board is shaking up the meat’s old-fashioned image in North America as a gamey, gray dish priced only for special occasions. …
New York Hosts Veal & Dairy Tour
In April, the New York Beef Industry Council, along with industry partners, hosted a New York Veal/Dairy Tour 2010. The tour was made possible with funding by the beef checkoff through a grant from the Federation Initiative Fund of the Federation of State Beef Councils. …
Food Marketing Institute & American Meat Institute Release ‘Power Of Meat 2010’
The Power of Meat explores shopper perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding meat and poultry. …