U.S. Senators agreed to shift $55 million in funds within the Department of Agriculture on Wednesday to avoid temporary layoffs of all U.S. meat inspectors due to federal budget cuts.
The Smithfield Packing Company Inc. plans to shift bone-in ham production from its Landover, Maryland, plant to its facilities in North Carolina and Kentucky.
Ben-Lee Processing Inc., an Atwood, Kansas establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat and heat-treated bacon and ham products that were produced without a Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan.