- Canadian meat processors reducing sodium
Meat and poultry processors work with Health Canada to voluntarily decrease sodium in processed foods.
05/15/2013
- IOM questions lowering sodium recommendation
Institute of Medicine said there is no real evidence supporting recommendations that Americans reduce their daily intake of sodium to under 2,300 mg.
05/15/2013
- American diet needs help
Americans are allocating more of their food budget to processed foods, and one problem may be that nutrition labels are possible too confusing or prolific.
05/17/2013
- New Jersey legislature adopts ban on gestation stalls
NPPC urging Gov. Christie to veto bill to ban sow gestation stalls.
05/13/2013
- Tennessee governor vetoes ag gag bill
Ag gag legislation that would have required anyone to report animal cruelty incidents vetoed over constitutionality concerns.
05/13/2013
- Poultry becoming even safer
"Alarming claims" about antibiotic resistance in and foodborne illnesses from meat and poultry tend to overlook the extent to which illness incidents are being reduced sharply.
05/10/2013
- Agriprocessors manager returned to U.S., jailed
Former Agriprocessors plant supervisor Hosam Amara, who fled to Israel after an immigration raid on the plant, has been returned to the U.S. and jailed.
05/06/2013
- Tyson reports decreased earnings, beef division loss
Tyson Foods reports a $26 million loss in its beef division for the second quarter.
05/06/2013
- UPDATE: Canadian supermarkets want stall-free pork
Over next 9 years, eight of the largest Canadian supermarkets plan to use pork from systems that do not use gestation stalls.
04/29/2013
- 'Cereal killers' can be stopped
Consumers being "lured away" from boxed cereal.
05/03/2013