beef News Updates

The world’s largest meat supplier also said it is closing a value-added facility in Memphis, Tenn., which packages various proteins.

Consumers on average paid $7.064 for a pound of ground beef in May, slightly higher than the previous month but up 13% from a year earlier. 

The agency is implementing quarantines, movement controls and surveillance in a 12-mile zone around the detection, and has also expedited the release of sterile flies to prevent the pest’s spread.

The U.S. meatpacking industry faces a new wave of scrutiny, this time from Senate Democrats seeking to allow companies to process only one type of meat and set stricter limits on the beef market.

The extension was announced Aug. 6 by the Ministry of Commerce. China is the world’s top buyer of the meat, which means its imports are tracked closely by the global market.