Industry News 5/23/19

May 23, 2019

“Sparboe sells egg products plant to Deb El Food Products,”  published in WattAg. A DxE demonstration is described from a producer perspective in “Egg farmers, animal welfare groups clash in Sonoma County,” in Peninsula Press. …

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USDA Must End Volume Charge if Rates Increase, UEP Says

May 23, 2019

The Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) higher rates for voluntary grading service, make sense only if the agency follows through on a proposal to eliminate the current administrative volume charge, UEP said in comments filed this …

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New UEP Certified Cage-Free Logo

May 23, 2019

At last week’s UEP Legislative Meetings, the UEP Board unanimously passed a motion to approve a new UEP Certified Cage-Free logo. California, Washington, and likely additional states will soon require “all eggs sold to be …

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WGS Revolutionizing Food Safety

May 23, 2019

Joe Levitt, the former director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, provided attendees at the UEP Legislative Meetings with an in-depth look at whole genome sequencing (WGS).  Levitt, along with his colleague …

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Over 600 Omelets Served on Capitol Hill

May 23, 2019

UEP farmer-members, staff and allied industry representatives served 636 omelets to Congressional representatives and staff on May 16 in the House Ag Committee chambers of the Longworth Building! Thank you to the large number of …

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