About a quarter of American adults (24 percent) say they have eaten less this year to ensure their children have enough food, a startling expression of parents’ caring for their
Cargill has announced plans to vaccinate its animals against the H1N1 influenza virus. Cargill spokesman Mark Klein says the company plany yo inoculate its entire herd, of about 120,000 pigs,
Arnold Zaler, 60, a former kosher meat business owner, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for swindling investors. The former owner of Zaler's Kosher Meats was also
A joint public meeting focused on improving the system for tracing of food products and ingredients that are causing illness outbreaks or presenting other risks to the health of consumers
The USDA announced that pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for the H1N1 virus, marking the first time the virus has been found in such a
Columbia Farms Inc. has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors about violations stemming from an immigration raid last fall. The plant, a subsidiary of House of Rawford, will pay the
Two deaths are being investigated in relation to the outbreak of E. coli-related illnesses that led to a 545,699-pound recall from Fairbank Farms. At least 28 people have been sickened.
Fairbank Farms, an Ashville, NY, establishment, is recalling approximately 545,699 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food
Without a doubt, consumers have tightened their belts in the face of the ongoing recession, but consumers’ attitudes toward meat and poultry over the past year have remained strong, and
Two men, one of whom owned a goat slaughterhouse in Kinsman, Ill., have been charted with plotting to fly to Denmark and kill one of the cartoonists whose cartoon of