Meat & Poultry

So when Crescent Foods got a call from Wal-Mart buyers, saying that they were
looking for Halal chicken products and someone in Colorado had recommended
Crescent, it was clear that this was a different trend at work. This was not
just Halal going mainstream, this was the mainstream going Halal. …

Dan Cook, New Providence, was elected chairman of the Iowa Beef Industry Council
at the February board meeting. Cook will lead the group of beef producers who
oversee the beef checkoff program for Iowa’s 30,000 beef producers. …

In response to multiple requests, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
is extending the comment period on its supplemental proposed rule Nutrition
Labeling of Single-Ingredient Products and Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry
Products for 30 days, until March 18, 2010. …

Tough times across the livestock sector can get better this year, but it will take demand, demand, demand, said Scott Brown, economist with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI). …

The National Turkey Federations (NTF) Board of Directors today elected Yubert Envia to serve as the federations 2010 chairman. …