Food Safety and Processing Perspective

Terrence O’Keefe, WATT’s content director, provides his perspective on everything from animal agriculture trends that impact our food chain to food-safety related issues affecting chicken and egg production. O’Keefe has covered the poultry industry as an editor for more than a decade and also brings his experience in plant management and poultry production to comment on today’s issues.

The 'Onion’ poultry slaughter satire is not funny

I am usually a fan of the Onion, but I fail to see the humor in a fake contest on how to best torture a chicken to death

May 24, 2019

Terrence O'Keefe

Learn why the Onion's satire piece on poultry slaughter misses the mark and isn't funny.

Coming to a store near you: crunchy egg white snacks?

Snack food companies specializing in 'healthy' offerings are rolling out crispy high-protein snacks containing egg whites.

May 17, 2019

Terrence O'Keefe

Learn about two new crunchy high-protein snacks that feature egg whites as ingredients.

Why McDonald’s cage-free egg purchase update matters

The only way to avoid total chaos in egg markets is for egg purchasers to share information on cage-free egg purchases.

April 16, 2019

Terrence O'Keefe

Learn why McDonald's announcement of its progress toward 100% cage-free egg purchases matters.

Poultry industry: New technologies and innovations needed

Innovation has been the key to the success of the poultry industry; the Poultry Tech Summit is seeking innovators.

April 11, 2019

Terrence O'Keefe

Adoption of new technologies and innovations has played a significant role in the growth and success of the poultry industry. Innovative technologies have been developed by researchers and inventors to improve food safety, increase productivity, improve bird health and lower the cost of delivering poultry meat and eggs to consumers around the globe.

Asia, where the action is for the egg industry

The rapid growth in egg production and consumption in Asia are forecast to continue.

March 29, 2019

Terrence O'Keefe

Learn about projected egg production growth in Asia.

Do voters know the increased cost of cage-free eggs?

Ballot initiatives mandating changes to animal husbandry practices, like cage free for hens, have been approved by the same voters who routinely purchase eggs from cage-housed hens.

February 19, 2019

Terrence O'Keefe

Learn why consumers make different choices in the ballot box than they do in the grocery checkout aisle.

Will California Proposition 12 passage help US egg producers?

The answer to this question depends on whether you think US retailers will stick to their future cage-free egg purchase pledges.

December 18, 2018

Terrence O'Keefe

I am not a proponent of cage-free housing for hens, but passage of this ballot initiative in California could wind up being a good thing for U.S. egg producers.

Collaboration is essential for advances in poultry technology

Poultry Tech Summit brought together innovators/entrepreneurs, venture capital investors, poultry industry technical experts and established technology companies.

November 12, 2018

Terrence O'Keefe

Learn about the impact of collaboration on the development and implementation of innovative technologies in the poultry industry.

Free-range hens: The future egg safety conundrum?

Egg farm Salmonella enteritidis control plans place heavy emphasis on keeping rodents and flies out of the layer house, but what happens when the hens goes out?

September 21, 2018

Terrence O'Keefe

Learn how outdoor access for free-range layers increases hen mortality and food safety risk.

Can egg producers win the food safety race?

Walmart executive says chicken producers are in a race between their companies’ ability to prevent foodborne illnesses and society’s ability to detect them.

August 16, 2018

Terrence O'Keefe

Walmart executive says that poultry producers are in a race to improve the safety of their products more quickly than the technologies for tracing back foodborne illnesses are advancing.

US retail annual shell egg sales surge to $5.2 billion

Increased price accounts for most of the increased value of retail eggs sales, but unit sales of eggs also increased by 1.3 percent.

July 25, 2018

Terrence O'Keefe

Consumer demand for eggs in the U.S. isn’t likely to decline anytime soon, at least not according to the Nielsen Homescan Panel survey conducted in April 2017.

Foolish poultry products price-fixing lawsuits continue

These lawsuits, and some of the popular press coverage about them, point out the lack of economics education in the US.

July 5, 2018

Terrence O'Keefe

The lawsuits against broiler producers use the decisions made, based on excessive losses at past production levels, to produce more or less chicken meat since the Great Recession to spin a tale of collusion and price fixing.

Advertisement

Food Safety and Processing Perspective
Purchase

The 'Onion’ poultry slaughter satire is not funny

Coming to a store near you: crunchy egg white snacks?

Why McDonald’s cage-free egg purchase update matters

Poultry industry: New technologies and innovations needed

Asia, where the action is for the egg industry

Do voters know the increased cost of cage-free eggs?

Will California Proposition 12 passage help US egg producers?

Collaboration is essential for advances in poultry technology

Free-range hens: The future egg safety conundrum?

Can egg producers win the food safety race?

US retail annual shell egg sales surge to $5.2 billion

Foolish poultry products price-fixing lawsuits continue

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Popular Stories

China-developed ASF vaccine has shown preventive effects

China ag ministry rejects claims of successful ASF vaccine

Gut health at ESPN: Beyond microorganisms

ASF researcher: Controlling Chinese outbreak could take decades

Tyson unveils Raised & Rooted alternative protein products

Advertisement

Food Safety and Processing Perspective Purchase

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Popular Stories

Advertisement

Food Safety and Processing Perspective
Purchase