Costco announced that it has reached an agreement with Tyson Foods for testing all incoming beef trimmings for E. coli. Craig Wilson, Costco’s food safety director, announced that the company

Iowa Premium Pork's Hospers, Iowa, plant was damaged after an apparent electrical problem sparked a fire in one of the plants coolers on Sunday, damaging the plant. However, a spokesman

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has issued a statement on the New York Times article about E. coli contamination in ground beef. The article covered the illness of one person who

The New York Times ran a expose over the weekend about an E. coli-tainted hamburger that left dance instructor Stephanie Smith paralyzed from the waist down. The ground beef was

Members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture have created a “Meat the Need” proposal to help feed the needs, and it is calling for $900 million in

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is being jointly urged by four concerned groups to have the World Trade Organization (WTO) determine if a major barrier to U.S. poultry

Cargill Pork announced today the new 100 percent vegetarian diet for hogs that supply its Good Nature pork line of products. The vegetarian diet is Cargill’s most recent addition to

Tyson Foods Inc. and Food Lion LLC have announced an arrangement to reintroduce Holly Farms fresh chicken at more than 1,200 Food Lion, Bloom and Bottom Dollar Food grocery stores

A federal lawsuit against the now-closed Westlund/Hallmark Meat Co. alleges that the Chino, Calif., meatpacker used downer cattle for four years and hid that fact from U.S. officials. The amended

A class-action lawsuit against Tyson Foods by former and current employees who says they weren't paid for prep work will is set for January, 2011. The employees at the Lexington,