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Per capita consumption broiler meat is expected to increase in the coming years, says the US Department of Agriculture, while per capita consumption of beef and pork will decrease.
According to the USDA’s Agricultural Long-Term Projections to 2017, per capita consumption of broilers, which was 85.4 pounds in 2007, will grow to 88.1 pounds.
Meanwhile, this compares with per capita beef consumption, which was 65.0 pounds in 2007, but will decrease year by year until 2017, when it is expected to fall to 60.1 pounds. The USDA expects that this decrease in red meat consumption will not significantly shift to other, cheaper proteins. Per capita consumption of pork, which was 50.5 pounds in 2007, is expected to drop to 48.8 pounds in 2017
The net decrease for all three proteins would be 2.9 pounds, reflecting production adjustments to higher feed costs as well as rising exports across species.
Annual per capita consumption of red meats and poultry falls from 221 pounds in 2007 to a low of 214 pounds in 2012-14, then resumes growth to almost 217 pounds in 2017.
February 25 2008 | News | No Comments »
Salmonella in poultry can be reduced by using probiotics. This development offers a way that makes it easy on poultry growers and enhances food safety.
It’s a matter of incorporating the probiotic into either the water or the feed for the poultry, explained Billy Hargis, director of the Poultry Health Research Laboratory at the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture. Results from experiments show that administration of the probiotic can reduce Salmonella in either meat-type chicken houses or turkey houses before being transported to the processing plant and reduce the risk of cross contamination among turkeys at the plant.
“It’s not a chemical. It’s not a drug,” explained Hargis, who has pursued the research for the Food Safety Consortium. “These (probiotics) are live organisms.” continue reading »
February 25 2008 | News | No Comments »
Biotech company IRI Separation Technologies (IRI) has signed a distribution agreement to allow the firm to fully focus on the extraction of antibodies from eggs.
Two major operations are run by the company, namely an egg-breaking facility where eggs are washed and separated for regular distribution as a bakery ingredient, and a separation facility where antibodies are extracted from egg yolk.
Vanderpol’s Eggs Ltd (VEL) is now in a new distribution agreement with the company to take over distribution and sale of all liquid and frozen egg products from its Airdrie egg-breaking facility.
This will allow IRI to focus on its separation operations, which is the core part of its business. The company, which specialises in the extraction of polyclonal immunoglobulin antibodies, said it will continue to use egg yolk from its egg breaking facility, which will be transferred to the company’s separation plant for extraction. These antibodies that are derived from the chicken eggs are intended for use as a nutraceutical for human consumption. continue reading »
February 25 2008 | News | No Comments »
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