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Malcolm Meats, a Northwood, Ohio, establishment is recalling approximately 4,530 pounds of various marinated beef products because of misbranding and undeclared allergens.

National Steak and Poultry has been working on a new line of Cash and Carry products under the brand name Steakhouse Certified. The line consists of seven new items including beef, chicken and pork for the center of the plate.

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.

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, a firm with establishments in Mount Pleasant, TX and Waco, TX is recalling approximately 11,240 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.

Beef prices around the world will steady in the midterm, though a further significant price increase could trigger substitution with other meats, according to Rabobank's Q2 2011 Beef Quarterly Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) report.

Flying Food Group, LLC, a Lawrenceville, Ga., establishment, is recalling approximately 204 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken wraps and plates that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service has launched a web-based smartphone application that instantly answers food safety questions commonly posed by consumers.

AgFeed Industries Inc., an international agribusiness with operations in the U.S. and China, announced organizational changes and acquisitions agreements in fulfillment of its previously announced entry to the harvest and processing segment of the pork business.

CME Group Inc. has dropped its iconic frozen pork bellies contracts after a 50-year run that made it an icon of the global derivatives industry. The Chicago-based exchange operator said it would delist futures and options on pork bellies after volume in recent years fell to just a handful of contracts per month, despite efforts to revive a business once among its most heavily traded, according to Dow Jones.

Sid Wainer & Son, Inc., a New Bedford, Mass. establishment, is recalling approximately 137 pounds of imported, ready-to-eat, smoked duck breast products that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. Palmex, Inc., a Champlain, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 197 pounds of the same product.