Some chicken processors add salt water, a seaweed extract and other ingredients to enhance the taste and texture of the meat. Pilgrim's Pride corp., the nation's second-largest chicken company, sells whole birds and pieces in a solution of chicken broth, salt and carrageenan, a seaweed extract that helps the meat retain moisture. He said it is unfair to producers of nonenhanced chicken and could mislead people into buying products with an unhealthy amount of salt. Cardoza is asking the...

As a result of this discovery, there is now a relatively fast, simple, and cost-effective way to potentially double the amount of flu vaccine manufactured each year. As described in an article published today in Vaccine, an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal, Microbix Biosystems inc. of Toronto has discovered a process that significantly boosts influenza vaccine production output. Manufacturers use chicken eggs to incubate flu viruses which are then used in the production of...

In a statement sent to the media, Agriculture secretary Arthur Yap said the department is doing this in anticipation of better production from the country's poultry industry. The statistics is approximately five percent higher than the same inventory for the period January to July 2006 which registered an estimated 250,000 heads. The recent inventory also revealed that the province has about 1.7 million ducks and chickens. Yap said that as of now, the department, together with its Chinese...

Organised agriculture says the Treasury, the departments of agriculture and of trade and industry need to come together urgently to help thrash out a way to ensure the farming sector remains viable. Members of organised agriculture met President Thabo Mbeki recently to appeal to him to ensure that the country's agricultural strategy, which was drawn up in 2001, is implemented. Although agriculture contributes between two percent to three percent of national GDP in raw products, with value...

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