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The U.S. will be boosting species tests of imported meat products imported from Iceland, Ireland, Poland and the United Kingdom, according to a new USDA directive.

An examination of a Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to ground turkey illustrates that health authorities must be more aggressive in their efforts to detect and respond to foodborne illnesses.

With booth space in high demand, PMMI announces that it will change the dates for the EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2015 to March 18-20 to make more space available to exhibiting companies.

Cargill is investing $2.3 million to install ground beef production and packaging equipment at its Wyalusing, Pa., beef processing facility.

The National Pork Board and Beef Checkoff Program received unanimous approval from the Industry-Wide Cooperative Meat Identification Standards Committee (ICMISC) to introduce updated Uniform Retail Meat Identification Standards (URMIS) nomenclature for fresh beef and pork for retailers to use on pack.

The $49 million investment will include the addition of two new processing lines.

The buildings were sold to New Mill Capital LLC, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in repositioning closed corporate facilities.

Rich Products Corp., a Buffalo, N.Y. firm, is recalling approximately 196,222 pounds of frozen chicken quesadilla and various other heat treated, not fully cooked frozen mini meals and snack items.

The research facility, called Farm 42, does research on different breeds, nutrition, and feeding programs.

The Hormel Cure 81 ham brand donated $50,000 and food for Easter meals to help families who are spending the Easter holiday at Fisher Houses across the country.