In today’s poultry processing environment, where consumer expectations and regulatory scrutiny continue to rise, processors face compounding challenges including ensuring product quality, reducing ...

Advanced disinfection technologies show promise to meet stricter food safety regulations while improving sustainability.

Almost 10 years ago, the Department of Agriculture gave Chinese processing plants the greenlight to process raw poultry from the U.S. and export cooked products — such as canned chicken noodle soup ...

Robotics, virtual reality and artificial intelligence could be game changers for poultry processors following promising results in research to integrate those technologies, according to Jeyam Subbiah, ...

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 ...

In a typical poultry processing facility, much of the waste is simply dumped in a landfill or incinerated. Two experimental new processes, however, make use of the feathers, blood and bones – plus one ...

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 ...

UTICA — Processing poultry has been a way of life for Joann Burt. She’s helped pluck, process and prepare birds for the dinner table since she was a child. So when she and her husband, Merlin, decided ...

The total recordable poultry processing illness and injury rate for 2024 is 2.4 cases per 100 full-time workers annually, the lowest rate recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for poultry ...

Americans may unknowingly be consuming a harmful chemical in one of their grocery store staples. As part of the process of getting chicken from farm to grocery store, manufacturers chill the meat in ...