Hormel reports profit decline for 4Q AUSTIN, Minn. – Hormel Foods Corp. on Tuesday reported that its profit for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 has declined five percent from

Grand jury returns indictment against Agriprocessors DES MOINES, Iowa – A federal grand jury on Thursday returned a 12-count indictment against Agriprocessors, alleging the company’s managers were involved in efforts

SEOUL – A report released Wednesday said that South Korea had become the largest export for American beef in September. Local media reports said that the U.S. Department of

WASHINGTON – The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Wednesday released new directives on revised emergency procedures, significant incident response and sanitation verification review. Directive 5420.4, revision 5,

SALISBURY, Md. – Perdue Farms announced Wednesday that it will extend the hours for its toll-free consumer hotline for Thanksgiving week. The hotline, at (800) 473-7383, offers shopping and

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – Sara Lee Corp. on Wednesday announced it is leaving the kosher meat business and shutting the doors to its kosher plant in Chicago. The company

PITTSBURG, Texas – Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. announced Thursday it plans to cut about 335 jobs by the end of November. The move is the latest step by the chicken

DES MOINES, Iowa – Agriprocessors Inc’s meatpacking plant shut down on Wednesday, though the company says it will reopen. Media reports said that Agriprocessors’s plant in Postville, Iowa suspended

LEWISBURG, W. Va. – Poultry grower Aviagen Inc. said Wednesday that it will investigate a video that appears to show abuse of turkeys at the company’s West Virginia farms.

WASHINGTON – The American Meat Institute (AMI) and other organizations representing the livestock sector, watchdog groups, environmentalists, hunger groups, tax groups and retailers have called on the new administration