The USDA plans to buy as much as $14 million worth of dark meat chicken products to help producers facing a glut in stock and decreasing prices. The stockpile is
Marfrig Alimentos SA, headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has agreed to pay $1.26 billion for Keystone Foods LLC, one of the largest U.S. privately held companies and a manufacturer of
Sara Lee Corp. said that Chairman and CEO Brenda Barnes, who has been on a temporary medical leave of absence, is recovering from a stroke. “I know there has been
EPA Region 7 has taken a series of civil enforcement actions against three beef feedlot operations in Iowa for violations of the Clean Water Act, as part of a continuing
Wesley Batista, CEO of JBS Swift & Co., said that both his company and the U.S. beef industry in general will increase exports in 2010. “JBS beef exports will increase
Former Agriprocessors manager Sholom Rubashkin was acquitted by a jury on 67 counts of child labor violations at the Iowa meatpacking plant. However, he still faces sentencing June 22 in
The Maryland Occupational Safety and Health division of the state Department of Labor has imposed a $1 million fine on Seaford, Del.-based Allen Family Foods, stating that the company has
PMMI, the producer and owner of Pack Expo, and the American Meat Institute (AMI), sponsor and producer of the International Meat, Poultry and Seafood Industry Convention and Exposition, announced a
Tyson Foods Inc. and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) have reached an agreement that could serve as a model for the way some workers in the poultry industry are
A report by the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management calls for an overhaul of world farming and move vegetarianism. The U.N.-backed report states that food production and fossil fuel
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