More than 30,000 industry professionals are expected to attend next year’s expo, a collaboration of the three trade shows — the International Poultry Expo, International Feed Expo and International Meat Expo.
The 2016 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), held January 26-28 in Atlanta, will host a Poultry Handling and Transportation “Train the Trainer” workshop and the second annual Technical Seminar for Maximizing the Efficiency of the Poultry industry.
Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms has issued a recall for approximately 554,090 pounds of poultry products that may be contaminated with extraneous metal materials, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a report on planning and preparations for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in advance of a potential recurrence of the disease when birds migrate south this fall.
Despite fewer outbreaks in recent months around the world, avian influenza remains a major concern for the global poultry industry, according to Rabobank’s latest Poultry Quarterly Q3 report.
With five months remaining until the show, the 2016 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) has surpassed 1,040 exhibitors and secured more than 430,000 net square feet of exhibit space.
It has been more than a month since the last case of avian influenza was detected in the US, but USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack is not ready to declare the outbreak over, according to a recent interview he gave with the Associated Press.
Federal and Minnesota state officials are investigating outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to raw, frozen, breaded and pre-browned stuffed chicken entrées.