Today we begin our coverage of the 2015 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, GA. In conjunction with the event is the International Poultry Expo (IPE) where U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) holds their annual board meetings. Sherman Miller (pictured right), Cal-Maine Foods, Jackson, Miss, was elected chairman of the board of directors of USPOULTRY. Miller previously … Read More
Egg Issues Forum at Iowa State
The Egg Industry Center (EIC) at Iowa State University will hold its 2015 Issues Forum in Des Moines April 7 and 8. The Forum program is full of informational sessions and related events of interest to egg producers, processors and allied egg-industry groups. The event will start at 1 p.m. on April 7 at the Embassy Suites Des Moines Downtown … Read More
QIAGEN Gets Certification for Detection of Listeria
While at the 2015 International Production & Processing Expo, QIAGEN Inc. will also be highlighting their newly approved mericon® Pathogen Detection Assays for Listeria species and Listeria monocytogenes. This product received AOAC Performance Tested MethodSM (PTM) certification from the AOAC-Research Institute at the end of 2014. The AOAC, an independent third party international organization that evaluates analytical methods for food … Read More
Qiagen to Showcase New Assay at IPPE
QIAGEN Inc, is pleased to showcase, at the upcoming 2015 International Production & Processing Expo, our newly approved bactotype Mycoplasma Mg/Ms PCR assay. The product, which received U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) approval in mid-July of 2014, simultaneously detects the DNA of two pathogens that cause respiratory disease in chickens, turkeys and other poultry. The test … Read More
QIAGEN's Farm to Fork Event at IPPE
If you have already made plans to attend the 2015 International Production & Processing Expo in Atlanta then also make plans to attend QIAGEN’s Farm to Fork Event. It will take place January 28, 2015 from 5:00 pm-6:30 pm EST at the Georgia World Congress Center, Room A410. Refreshments and food will be served and be entered for a chance … Read More
AFIA Pork Program Plays Up Pig Presence at IPPE
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) will host a half-day Pork Tech Theater seminar at the International Production & Processing Expo in Atlanta, Ga., on Jan. 28. The seminar will highlight challenges in the pork industry such as porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, and discuss recent advancements and issues affecting worldwide pork production. “Two of the topics that have been receiving … Read More
Meat Me in @lanta Activities
The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is planning a variety of Meat Me in @LANTA activities for IPPE attendees. IPPE will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga., from Jan. 27 – 29, 2015. During the entire week of IPPE, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau has worked with area Atlanta restaurants to provide the … Read More
Farmland to be Shown at 2015 IPPE
The documentary Farmland will have some free showings at the upcoming 2015 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Georgia. This influential documentary will be shown from 9 – 10 a.m. and from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in the C-102 Auditorium of the Georgia World Congress Center and again from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. … Read More
IPPE Offers Free Educational Programs
The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is offering a variety of free education programs to attendees. The programs will be held in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga., from Jan. 27 – 29, 2015. These programs will cover a wide array of education sessions on pressing meat and poultry issues, including food safety, worker safety, dietary guidelines, … Read More
2015 IPPE to be Biggest
This year’s version of a major conference for the feed, meat and poultry industries will be the largest ever. Officials with the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) say the Jan. 27-29, 2015 meeting will take up more than 486,000 net square feet of exhibit space with more than 1,200 exhibitors at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. … Read More