CHICAGO – Chicago Meat Authority (CMA) announced last week its acquisition of a 20,000-square-foot plant directly across the street from its current plant in Chicago. The company said the

WASHINGTON – Michael Wagner, owner of Lola’s on Harrison in Hollywood, Florida, is the final “Turkey Trendsetter” of 2008, the National Turkey Federation (NTF) said Tuesday. Wagner serves turkey

WASHINGTON – The American Meat Institute (AMI) and the Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center are offering a seminar customized for family business leaders in the meat industry. The

MINNEAPOLIS – Cargill Inc. on Tuesday reported that its fourth quarter earnings were up 18 percent from the same period as a year ago. For the full fiscal year,

WASHINGTON – The E. coli O157:H7 Conference for Beef Further Processors has gained more sponsors in both trade media and industry groups. Early registration for the conference ends Aug.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Monday that the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) will hold

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Pork Checkoff and Soybean Checkoff have partnered on two research projects: the North American Swine Energy System and the Development of an Allergenicity Model

TOKYO – Japan said Friday that it will send inspectors to a number of U.S. beef processing plants this week to see if they are sticking to Japanese import

SEOUL – South Korean police arrested 157 people at a rally in Seoul opposing the resumption of U.S. beef imports. Officials said that about 5,500 people rallied in the

OTTAWA – The Canadian government confirmed a case of mad cow disease in a six-year-old beef cow on Friday. It was the 14th instance of the disease in Canada