Dr. Sulivan Alves has been elected as chairperson of the International Poultry Council (IPC) Working Group (WG) on Sustainability and Environment.

Aurora Alimentos, the third largest poultry company in Brazil, plans to expand its chicken processing capacity by as much as 20% over the next two years.

Pilgrim’s Mexico finished the 2020 fiscal year on a strong note, said Fabio Sandri, president and CEO of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation.

Industrias Bachoco, Mexico’s largest poultry producer, reported a 21.1% increase in sales during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020. For the full year, net sales were up 11.6%.

JBS has invested BRL60 million (US$11.14 million) to expand its plant in Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil, to raise production of Seara Gourmet smoked bologna sausage, designed for the domestic market, by 67%.

Walking through a supermarket aisle nowadays in Mexico can be overwhelming, if you are aware of this new food labeling using a black octagon with warnings similar to a stop sign.

Poultry health status in Latin America has been an omnipresent issue. The poultry industry in this region, however, is not that different from other poultry industries in the world, because it is facing the same disease risks.

We just carried out the third Latin American Poultry Summit in virtual format within the IPPE Marketplace framework.

Aviagen has opened a new subsidiary in Latin America -- Aviagen Argentina. Located in the San Juan province and consisting of a grandparent (GP) farm, a parent stock (PS) hatchery and feed processing facility, Aviagen Argentina will become the first poultry breeding operation independent of integrations with local production in Argentina.

Brazil is the world's largest poultry exporter, with 4.2 million metric tons (mt) exported in 2020 to more than 150 destinations worldwide.

Shipments to China from two JBS plants and one Aurora Alimentos plant in Brazil can resume after a ban on products from those plants was lifted. The ban was implemented in 2020 over COVID-19-related concerns.

Brazil-based meat and poultry company BRF has finalized the acquisition of Joody Al Sharqiya Food Production Factory, a company which operates a food processing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.