Rachael Oatman

OLYMPIA, WASH. — On Oct. 20, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced four commercial egg farm workers tested presumptively positive for avian influenza. These presumptive cases are the first in humans in Washington.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) formally initiated a lockout of over 700 unionized West Coast port workers on Nov. 4.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO — The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) and the Canadian Meat Council (CMC) are joining together to emphasize the need for an African swine fever (ASF) trade recovery program in the event of an outbreak.

NOVI, MICH. — Lineage Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its new, fully automated cold storage warehouse in Hazleton, Pa., on Oct. 29.

ATLANTA — A new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that several workers who did not recall experiencing symptoms related to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were in fact recently infected.

A new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from CDC indicates that several workers who did not recall experiencing symptoms related to HPAI were in fact recently infected.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO — As labor disruptions and port closures continue at key Canadian ports, including the Port of Montreal and those in British Columbia, the Canadian Meat Council (CMC) called for immediate action from the federal government to resolve the labor disputes.

WASHINGTON — Yu Shang Food Inc. is recalling around 4,589 lbs of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products processed at its Spartanburg, SC, facility due to possible Listeria monocytogenes. According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the company is issuing the recall “out of an abundance of caution.”

WASHINGTON — On Nov. 11, president-elect Donald Trump announced his plans to appoint former Republican New York Congressman Lee Zeldin as the administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Consumers may be drifting away from whole turkeys as the dominant center-of-plate choice for Thanksgiving dinner, according to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange.