APHIS Hosts LPAI Indemnity and Compensation Discussion

April 18, 2019

UEP’s Senior VP of Food Safety Regulatory Affairs, Oscar Garrison, attended a policy discussion with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in Riverdale, Maryland on April 17.  The agency outlined their draft policy …

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Industry News

April 4, 2019

WatttAg reported on, “Cal-Maine invests to meet Proposition 12 egg demand.” “Dakota Layers become first US farm to reach 500 egg milestone,” describes how the company achieved a production level of 500 eggs per hen …

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Register by April 10 for UEP’s 2019 Legislative Meetings

April 4, 2019

Updated 4/9/19 UEP’s 2019 Legislative Meetings will be May 15 – May 17, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.  UEP and UEA members planning to attend the meetings need to register as …

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Industry News and Events 3/22/19

March 21, 2019

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) new initiative is outlined in “HSUS scorecard to measure corporate animal welfare commitments.”  The scorecard is designed to measure food companies progress toward meeting their animal welfare …

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Grain Dust Explosions in the U.S.

March 21, 2019

UEP’s March 7 newsletter featured an article on a new federal environmental reporting requirement involving “combustible dust” that is found at feed mills and that may apply to some egg operations.  These “Tier II” reports …

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