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McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced global comparable sales growth of 3.5% in August. Performance by segment was as follows:

Smithfield Foods Inc. reported record fiscal 2012 first quarter results. All comparisons are to the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its long-awaited 2008 surveillance for foodborne disease outbreak data. Public health officials from 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico reported 1,034 outbreaks in total.

Food trucks are one of the hottest trends in the restaurant industry right now, and consumers are showing increasing interest in mobile foodservice, new research by the National Restaurant Association ( www.restaurant.org ) confirms.

Focus group in conjunction with The National Provisioner will discuss the effects of economic conditions, food safety, sustainability and training in protein-processing industries.

John Sinkler Richardson, 90, of Washington Court House and Cincinnati, Ohio passed away Thursday, September 8, 2011 at Hospice of Cincinnati after a brief illness.

Due to continued strong performance by its beef and pork segments, Tyson Foods is still on track to deliver the second-best annual earnings per share in company history despite depressed chicken pricing,

A pilot project on a Virginia poultry farm will demonstrate conversion of chicken manure into electricity.

Butterball LLC announced the appointment of Rod Brenneman as the company’s new chief executive officer. After an extensive search, the company came back to its first and number one candidate, who has been filling the role as interim CEO and is already familiar with the organization.

National Turkey Federation (NTF) President Joel Brandenberger announced the appointment of Lisa Wallenda Picard, formerly chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), as NTF’s new vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs.