Simmons Foods Names Johnny Bullington as President of Simmons Prepared Foods

January 20, 2025 Simmons Foods Inc.

Johnny Bullington has extensive experience from 19 years in the poultry industry, including key roles at both Simmons and Tyson Foods. He began his career at Simmons in 2006 as a Production Accountant and has held several leadership positions in Finance, Accounting, and Supply Chain. His most recent role at Simmons since 2024 was Senior Vice President of Business Operations. 

GreenGasUSA and Pilgrim’s Pride Announce the Commissioning of Sumter RNG Project

January 16, 2025 Pilgrim's Pride

At the Pilgrim’s Sumter processing facility, GreenGas is building upon existing methane capture capabilities and investment to convert biogas from wastewater streams, upgrading the biogas to pipeline quality RNG. The collaboration is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Sumter facility while improving wastewater operations, as well as local air and water quality.

APHIS Announces Updates to Indemnity Program for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on Poultry Farms

Based on evidence that strong biosecurity measures remain the most effective strategy to combat HPAI, APHIS will now require that farmers undergo a biosecurity audit before restocking their poultry after an HPAI detection, and before receiving future indemnity payments.

AAMP Announces Webinar on Cooking & Cooling Deviations

AAMP Outreach has identified the need for education in the industry covering deviations and identifying when processing procedures do not go according to plan. All meat & poultry industry professionals are invited to attend this free event.

FSIS Announces Stronger Measures to Protect the Public from Listeria Monocytogenes

The changes FSIS is announcing fall into three categories: enhancing its science-based approach to mitigate foodborne pathogens, with a key focus on Listeria monocytogenes; improving training and tools for its inspection workforce; and evolving its oversight of regulated facilities, with an emphasis on data review and state inspection agreements.