Department of Labor Seeking Workers Owed Back Wages From 5 Defunct Poultry Companies

April 17, 2024 U.S. Department of Labor

Employees of five California poultry processing companies in La Puente and City of Industry may be owed a share of more than $3.8 million in back wages and damages recovered on their behalf by the U.S. Department of Labor.

New Stand-alone Mobile Inventory Application for Meat / Poultry Packers, Processors, Wholesalers

April 15, 2024 Dynamic Systems Inc.

Dynamic Systems, Inc., a leader in Meat & Poultry Traceability Systems launches a new application that uses barcodes to receive, store, and ship inventory, and upload the information to any accounting or ERP system.

USDA Releases Proposed Regulatory Framework to Reduce Salmonella Infections Linked to Poultry Products

October 20, 2022 USDA FSIS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today released a proposed regulatory framework for a new strategy to control Salmonella contamination in poultry products and reduce foodborne illnesses attributed to these products. The agency is hosting a virtual public meeting on Nov. 3, 2022, to seek input from stakeholders on the proposed framework.

Cooks Venture First and Only in the Poultry Industry to Test Every Flock for Antibiotics

April 11, 2022 Cooks Venture

Cooks Venture, a vertically integrated, independent poultry company, has partnered with Food In-Depth to become the first in the poultry industry to roll out a verified No Antibiotics Ever label backed by testing. The USDA-approved label provides customers with the assurance that the antibiotic free claims on the chicken they are buying are backed by scientific testing. FoodID has been providing rigorous, regular on-site testing  at Cooks Venture since March 2020— ensuring that their no antibiotics labels are verified and transparent.

Wayne Farms Completes Divestiture of Laurel Poultry Production Complex to Amick Farms

October 27, 2021 Wayne Farms

The divestiture is a key milestone towards completing the previously announced transaction which will combine Wayne Farms and Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFM) under the joint ownership and control of Cargill and Continental Grain.