The International Poultry Expo celebrated 65 years of continuous exhibition services to the poultry industry by integrating International Feed Expo (IFE) and American Meat Institute’s (AMI) International Meat Expo (IME) into one show—the International Production & Processing Expo.
The National Chicken Council, Washington, D.C.; National Turkey Federation, Washington, D.C.; USA Poultry & Egg Export Council, Stone Mountain, Ga.; and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, Tucker, Ga., signed a collaboration agreement.
The U.S. Department of Labor said Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., agreed to a nationwide injunction that will require the company to pay its poultry processing workers for all hours that they work.
Despite national economic woes, food and beverage processors are moving ahead with more than 70 capital projects involving production plants and distribution centers.
Having posted a strong performance just a year before, the nation’s largest poultry, beef and pork processor, Tyson Foods Inc., ran into some fowl conditions in fiscal 2008.
All-natural pork processor Heritage Acres Foods LLC, Jefferson City, Mo., agreed to lease a Pleasant Hope, Mo., hog processing plant that was shuttered in July by Tai Shin Foods USA.