Higher Standards In The Poultry Industry

Through various programs and services, the USDA promotes a competitive and efficient marketplace that benefits U.S. producers and consumers.

Savvy consumers, poultry distributors, and brokers examine the USDA report on the industry to gain insight and to increase market share. DUSAF uses market research to provide higher standards and lower prices for U.S. distributors. Standards allow buyers and sellers to specify the level of quality required or expected for a product without having to see or examine products in advance.

Food Service Operators, Retailers, Manufactures, Brokers Wholesalers, and Exporters, can use the USDA reports to formulate a winning marketing strategy for the Poultry Industry, and According to the USDA AMS Poultry Market News and Analysis, the Quality Factors for Poultry Carcasses, Parts, and Products include:

• Standards of quality describe the factors that affect these properties in terms of meat yield, fat covering, and freedom from defects such as cuts and tears in the skin, broken bones, and discolorations on the meat and skin.


• Quality refers to the usability, desirability, and value of a product that determine itsmarketability. Experience and research have identified certain properties in poultrythat are desired by producers, processors, and consumers.


• Grades apply to poultry of the same kind and class, and are determined based on the intensity, aggregate area, location, and number of defects encountered for each quality factor. The final quality rating (A, B, or C) is based on the factor with the lowest rating.

The highest USDA grade available for whole car is Grade A, a higher standard than grade B or C. Grade A whole carcasses and parts are fully fleshed and meaty; have normal conformation and shape; are free of disjointed or broken bones; are free of feathers; are free of exposed flesh and discolorations.

Grade A boneless-skinless poultry products are free of bone, cartilage, tendons, bruises, blood clots, and other discolorations; are free of cuts, tears, holes, or excess trimming around the outer edges of the product.

Chickens and turkeys are the most common kinds of poultry sold today, often as value-added products. Poultry parts and an increasing number of skinless and/or boneless products are meeting consumer demand for convenient, lower fat, portion-controlled items.

SOURCE: USDA AMS Poultry Market News and Analysis

Poultry Market News covers the supply, demand, and price situation on a regional, national, and international basis for poultry, poultry products, eggs, and egg products.

About the Author:
Dallas USA Foods offers consistent high quality poultry processing for clients, and customers who want to deliver and capitalize on quality products. All poultry processed at our facility undergoes visual inspections to ensure strict compliance with quality standards, and environmental regulations that govern the the poultry processing industry. Dallas USA Foods monitors industry and market trends that are passed on to our clients with lower prices and higher standards.

Call Dallas USA Foods at (214) 905-1511, or stop by our plant, centrally located in Dallas, Texas: 1880 Lone Star Drive, Dallas, Texas 75212.

Visit us online at: http://www.dallasusafoods.com

Big Texas Roundup at Atlanta IPE Poultry EXPO

The 60th annual International Poultry Expo, was January 23-25 2008. It's was reported that over 20,000 attendees from around the world made it to the three-day-event hosted by the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. These numbers surpasses the attendance in 2007. The domestic total was over 16,000 which included the United States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Nearly 4,000 international visitors were in attendance, including Dallas USA Foods, which made it a great time to see the latest products, services, and innovations in technology offered by 894 exhibitors.

Acknowledged as the world's largest trade shows... for the poultry, egg and feed sectors of the industry. Funds raised at the IPE are distributed back into the industry in the form of research, education, communications, and technical assistance.

Dallas was represented by Dallas USA Foods, a federally inspected plant who monitors industry trends which increases market knowledge that is then passed on to clients, providing higher standards and lower prices.
















"Based on feedback from exhibitors and attendees, we feel this was an excellent show," said John Starkey, president of the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, which sponsors the International Poultry Expo. He attributes that success to strong support from the industry and its suppliers, continued participation in the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Buyer Program, educational programs sponsored by USPOULTRY and several trade magazines, and several new projects like the Eco-Innovation Pavilions, the Conference On Pet Food Ingredient Quality, and the Buyer Connection.

"IPE provides an excellent venue for our exhibitors to showcase their products and services before key decision makers. This partnership enables USPOULTRY to continue supporting the poultry industry through its educational, research, and technical programs," Starkey said. Demographics reflect that 99.4 percent of the production of the major broiler companies, 92.4 percent of the production of the major commercial egg companies, and 92.3 percent of the production of the major turkey companies participated in the 2008 show.

Georgia World Congress Center

Next International Poultry Expo / International Feed Expo
January 28-30, 2009

About the Author:
Dallas USA Foods offers consistent high quality poultry processing for clients, and customers who want to deliver and capitalize on quality products. All poultry processed at our facility undergoes visual inspections to ensure strict compliance with quality standards, and environmental regulations that govern the the poultry processing industry. Dallas USA Foods monitors industry and market trends that are passed on to our clients with lower prices and higher standards.

Call Dallas USA Foods at (214) 905-1511, or stop by our plant, centrally located in Dallas, Texas: 1880 Lone Star Drive, Dallas, Texas 75212.

Visit us online at: http://www.dallasusafoods.com/