NPPC Press Feed RSS Feed for NPPC Press Releases http://nppc.org/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Bill Reauthorizing Price Reporting Law Advances The National Pork Producers Council today applauded the House Agriculture Committee for approving legislation to reauthorize the law requiring meat packers to report to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the prices they pay producers for animals. http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25909 http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25909 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Comment Period On USDA Rule Extended While it welcomed the extension of the comment period on it, the National Pork Producers Council said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposed rule on the buying and selling of livestock and poultry will be a disaster for producers. http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25904 http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25904 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT NPPC Urges Restoration Of Animal ID Funding Calling it vital to the United States livestock industry's ability to more quickly control and eradicate foreign animal diseases and keep export markets open, the National Pork Producers Council today urged Congress to restore funding for a national animal identification system. http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25897 http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25897 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Agriculture Panel Concerned With GIPSA Rule Members of a House Agriculture subcommittee expressed deep concern with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposed rule on livestock and poultry contracts and marketing arrangements, a regulation that would limit pork producers' options in selling pigs to processors, according to the National Pork Producers Council. http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25890 http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25890 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT All Antibiotic Uses Improve Animal Health; Healthy Animals Improve Human Health "All uses of antibiotics improve animal health, and these improvements in animal health can substantially improve human health," concluded one expert who testified yesterday at a congressional hearing on antibiotic use in livestock production and antibiotic resistance in humans. http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25883 http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25883 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Groups Urge Immediate Action On FTAs An ad hoc coalition of agricultural and food organizations in a letter sent today urged members of Congress to work with the Obama administration to remove any remaining impediments to a "rapid implementation" of the free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25875 http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25875 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT NPPC Asks For Extension On GIPSA Rule Comment Period The National Pork Producers Council today asked for an extension of the comment period on a proposed federal rule that could limit pork producers' options in selling pigs to processors. http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25869 http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25869 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Environmental Management Practices Standards Up For Review The National Pork Producers Council today announced a public review of five American National Standards (ANS) that address the environmental management of concentrated livestock operations. NPPC serves as the secretariat of the American National Standards for Good Environmental Livestock Production Practices (GELPP). http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25862 http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25862 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Obama To Push Deal To Finalize Korea Trade Pact President Obama has signaled his intention to set a deadline for removing outstanding obstacles to the implementation of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to gain congressional approval of the deal in 2011. http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25858 http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25858 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Where's Science Behind FDA Antibiotics 'Guidance'? "Guidance" on the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry production issued today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could lead to the elimination or costly review of previously approved animal health products. The National Pork Producers Council said there appears to be no science on which FDA based the guidance. http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25859 http://nppc.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=25859 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT