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Cargill Meat Solutions has settled a class-action lawsuit brought by workers seeking back pay for donning and doffing at its Schuyler, Neb., meatpacking plant.

Cargill hosted an employee forum and a business roundtable discussion on the U.S. – South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), which is currently pending Presidential notification to and approval from U.S. Congress.

Cargill Beef Australia and Teys Bros (Holdings) Pty Ltd (Teys Bros) announced that they have agreed to form a joint venture company. The new company will be a 50-50 joint venture and trade under the name of "Teys Australia – A Cargill Joint Venture." The proposed joint venture is subject to regulatory approvals.

Cargill's Wichita-based pork business announced it has completed a transaction to acquire a 21,500-acre hog production site near Dalhart, Texas, from the Premium Standard Farms LLC subsidiary of Smithfield Foods Inc. for approximately $33 million.

New Market Poultry, a New Market, Va., establishment, is recalling approximately 3,339 pounds of ice-packed, whole chicken products that may be adulterated due to leaking cooler condensate, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.

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Cargill has completed projects to expand its already extensive food-safety efforts at its Fresno, Calif., beef-production facility, having spent $4.2 million to install a hide-on-carcass wash. The wash closely resembles a “car wash for cattle,” in which the hides of animals are scrubbed with spinning bristles and a mild bromine solution that kills bacteria at the beginning of the harvesting process.

Cargill introduces Fressure ground beef patties; Bob Evans releases Q3 results; Beef cuts recognized by American Heart Association; Steak-Umm announces NASCAR Truck sponsorship; Don Shula to launch burger chain