Pilgrim's Pride gets final court approval to DIP financing PITTSBURG, Texas – Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. announced Tuesday that it has received final approval to access its $450 million debtor-in-possession financing

Mexico stops imports from 30 U.S. meat plants NEW YORK – Mexico last week suspended meat imports from 30 plants in 14 states, according to a list on the U.S.

Mo. company recalls sausage on Listeria concerns WASHINGTON – T. Piekutowski European Style Sausage of St. Louis, Mo., is recalling about 750 pounds of sausage products that may be contaminated

NLRB declares union win at pork plant TAR HEEL, N.C. – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Monday declared that the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) had won

NLRB holds off on Smithfield vote TAR HEEL, N.C. – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said Friday it will hold off on officially declaring Smithfield’s largest pork slaughterhouse unionized.

Beef, pork exports still show strong growth WASHINGTON – U.S. pork and beef exports continued to show strong growth in the January to October 2008 period, according to the U.S.

Mexico joins WTO complaint on COOL GENEVA – Mexico has reportedly joined Canada in opposing the new mandatory Country-of-Origin labeling (COOL) law in the United States. The country on Thursday

"Automating to Compete"By John E. Johnson, managing director, Epsilon Industries   John E. Johnson is the managing director of Epsilon Industries which is a business consulting and engineering/manufacturing company. The

Rivers resigns as Pilgrim's CEO, Jackson to take position PITTSBURG, Texas – Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. announced late Tuesday that Clint Rivers, president and chief executive of the company, has resigned.

S. Korea halts beef from U.S. slaughterhouse SEOUL – South Korea has halted imports from a U.S. packer after finding it had allegedly shipped spoiled meat, the country’s quarantine agency