WASHINGTON – The American Meat Institute (AMI) has submitted comments to the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Secretariat against a proposed rule that would require federal subcontractors to use E-Verify

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Tuesday that the country is on track to have the second largest corn crop and fourth largest soybean crop in

WASHINGTON – Four national meat industry associations announced Tuesday the agenda and speaker line-up for the upcoming E. coli O157:H7 conference for beef further processors.  The conference is Sept.

SEOUL – South Korea said Monday that it will tighten quarantine inspections from a U.S. slaughterhouse that was subject to a recall because of E. coli concerns. The Ministry

JEFFERSON, Wis. – A Tyson Foods Inc. plant that was damaged in this summer’s floods has reopened in Wisconsin but is cutting more than 200 jobs because of damaged

PITTSBURG, Texas – Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. announced Monday that it will idle a processing plant in Clinton, Ark. and a further processing plant in Bossier City, La. The company

WASHINGTON – Renna’s Meat market of Fresno, Calif. is recalling about 780 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the Food Safety and

NEW YORK – McDonald’s Corp. on Friday posted an 8 percent gain in July same-store sales, despite a difficult U.S. economy. Reports said that same-store sales grew 6.7 percent

WASHINGTON – Nebraska Beef Ltd. of Omaha is recalling about 1.2 million pounds of beef products nationwide on E. coli O157:H7 concerns, including primal cuts, subprimal cuts and boxed

SPRINGDALE, Ark. – Tyson Foods Inc. announced Friday that it has reached a new agreement with the union at the Shelbyville, Tenn. Plant, reinstating Labor Day as one of