Demand for meat, poultry and seafood packaging is forecast to increase 3.1 percent per year according to a food packaging study by the Freedonia Group. Continued expansion of the case-ready meat, poultry and seafood segment will drive demand for traditional packaging items such as film, trays, absorbent pads and bags. The importance of a longer…
A novel nutritional strategy to improve feed efficiency and decrease abdominal fat pad in meat chickens fed low crude protein diets was presented in Ideas Exchange 2021 conference by Dr Nishchal Sharma from the University of New England. The presentation highlighted the role of guanidinoacetic acid and betaine in low crude protein diets fed to…
Food Safety Week was the perfect time to answer the most common question that brings people to the Australian Chicken Meat Federation website – “Is it safe to refreeze chicken?” ACMF executive director Dr Vivien Kite sets the record straight. “Yes, you can refreeze chicken,” Dr Kite said. “Just make sure it was properly defrosted…
December 2021 poultry industry headlines: Confusion over refreezing chooks Poultry Hub Australia out and about Egg industry awards announced Australians confused about refreezing chooks Surely caged hens have had their day PHA education and training plans Battery cages protest New SBA sales and marketing manager GAA improves low crude protein diets Evaluation of precision nutrition…