The United States claims that China violated international trade rules when it imposed tariffs on about $1 billion of U.S. chicken exports. In a complaint filed with the World Trade Organization, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk says the tariffs threaten 300,000 jobs in the U.S. poultry industry.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. has entered into two consent decrees to settle allegations of sex discrimination.
M & P Food Production Ltd., a Brooklyn, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 11,000 lbs. of chicken, beef, veal, and pork dumpling products because they may contain an undeclared allergen, milk, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Polly Ruhland is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Cattlemen's Beef Board, as hired today by the Beef Board Executive Committee. Ruhland has been serving as the interim CEO since June 28, and the chairman of the Executive Committee in charge of hiring her said she more than proved herself in her three months in that position.
As the drought in Texas worsens, more and more ranchers are sending their cattle to slaughterhouses earlier than normal, due to the rising costs of trucking in hay from other states. As a result, the increase in beef supplies may lead to decreased costs for retail beef in the fall and winter, says the USDA.
As consumers are becoming savvier and increasingly concerned with understanding the ingredients in their food, Perdue Farms Inc. has introduced Simply Smart chicken, a convenient frozen food option designed to meet the growing demand for products that are both healthy and flavorful.
Thanks to the dauntless efforts of a small band of beef-loving volunteers in South Dakota, lucky Wheel of Fortune contestants this winter may be heading home with the means to purchase $1,000 each in T-Bones, Sirloins and burgers.
Bankrupt poultry processor Townsends Inc. has abandoned its efforts at restructuring under Chapter 11 and will go into a Chapter 7 liquidation under a plan approved Wednesday by a Delaware bankruptcy judge.
Over five years, a Sussex County trucking company stole about $1.3 million from now-bankrupt Allen Family Foods in a double billing scheme, federal authorities say. According to The News Journal, Dutton Trucking paid an Allen employee to process fraudulent invoices for trucking loads.
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