The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued Notice 51-09: Routine Sampling and Testing of Beef Manufacturing Trimmings Derived from Cattle Not Slaughtered in that Establishment (Bench Trim) for Escherichia

Philadelphia-based deli meats supplier Dietz & Watson is challenging Boar’s Head to end its demands of deli case exclusivity, saying that forcing a deli to carry only one brand of

A coalition of meat companies, including Tyson Foods, Pilgrim's Pride, Sanderson Farms, Seaboard Corp., JBS SA. Smithfield Foods Inc. and Hormel Foods Corp., have called for the United States to

National Beef Packing Co. LLC has promoted Tim Klein to president and CEO and named him as a member of the board. Klein had been the Kansas City-based company’s president

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. announced plans to idle its chicken processing plant in Athens, Ala., and one of its two plants in Athens, Ga., within 60 to 75 days as part

The Cancer Project, a pro-vegetarian group that claims that hot dogs and other processed meats can increase the risk of colorectal and other types of cancer, is suing several hot

The Postville, Iowa facility that was home to Agriprocessors Inc. before an immigration raid crippled the operation and led to charges against the owners was sold to a Canadian plastics

Jerky Snack Brands, based in Minong, Wis., has sued its former CEO, Jay Earl Link, of breaching his duty to run the business properly because he was trying to get

Hormel Foods Corp. won a Stevie Award for “Most Innovative Company” in The 2009 American Business Awards on June 22 because of its ongoing dedication to innovation. “This award recognizes

Tyson Foods has announced that it will sell five hog farms and send 20,000 sows to slaughter, reducing its hog herd by 28 percent. It will sell the farms, located