Salmonella is a common source of food poisoning that leads to potentially life-threatening illnesses, widespread food recalls ...

There are many arguments, pro and con, about efforts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to renovate its meat processing inspection process. In my last ...

Researchers have assessed the impact of processing on the presence and transfer of antimicrobial resistant bacteria on chicken meat. Findings showed that while Campylobacter and E. coli were present ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it is overhauling poultry processing inspections for the first time in nearly 60 years, enacting a plan that will cut the number of ...

In virtually all markets, it is a legal requirement to chill carcasses immediately after evisceration to prevent the growth of harmful pathogens. The temperature to which products must be cooled ...

TUCKER, GA. – The US Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) recently held its Poultry Processor Workshop in Greenville, SC, ...

Amirreza Davar, left, is a mechanical engineering graduate student in the Departments of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He designed ...

Nearly 1 million chickens and turkeys are unintentionally boiled alive each year in U.S. slaughterhouses, often because fast-moving lines fail to kill the birds before they are dropped into scalding ...

GOBBLERS GONNA GOBBLE: Hickory Nut Gap Farm in Fairview is raising 450 turkeys in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday. Photo courtesy of Hickory Nut Gap Farm Fall is always busy on Western North ...

U.S. officials have given the thumbs-up to four Chinese poultry plants, paving the way for the country to send processed chicken to American markets, according to audit reports obtained by POLITICO.