Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc. has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in order to implement financial restructuring.
U.S. pork and beef exports slowed slightly in April when compared to the all-time record highs of the previous month, but still performed well above last year’s pace.
Kim Son Food Co., an Oakland, Calif., establishment is recalling approximately 84,000 pounds of cooked beef and pork meatball products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen.
State Line Agri, an Ansonia, Ind., pork producer, has paid $12,693 to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to settle a complaint that his hogs' manure killed nearly 47,000 fish in 2008.
Dow Jones News has reported that Allen Family Foods Inc., a 92-year-old Seaford, Del., poultry company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday with plans to sell itself to rival Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that Alpharma, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., will voluntarily suspend U.S. sales of the animal drug 3-Nitro (Roxarsone), a product used by poultry producers since the 1940s.
Cargill announced a realignment of its senior leadership in order to support the broadening of its management team and enhance its focus on business growth.
Zhongpin Inc., a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China, announced that it will further expand into north China by building a new production facility in Tangshan city, Hebei province, east of Beijing.
The U.S. has achieved its 2010 health objective for E. coli O157:H7 cases in people for the second year, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) FoodNet surveillance data, reports the American Meat Institute.