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Cargill announced that it will idle its Plainview, Texas, beef processing facility effective at the close of business, Friday, Feb.1, 2013.

Fifty-three Costco stores from Atlanta to Miami, including four stores in Puerto Rico, are carrying the San Antonio-based Kiolbassa Provision Company product line

Katz will be instrumental in the development and implementation of food safety initiatives, critical to the retail community.

Brazil’s poultry association, Ubabef, reported that the country’s chicken exports should increase by about 3 percent in 2013 after falling in 2012 due to high feed costs.

Glenn’s Market and Catering, a Watertown, WI establishment, is recalling approximately 2,532 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.

The lawsuit, filed by the Marler Clark law firm on behalf of the family of Robert Danell, blames the companies for the sale of “unreasonably dangerous” food that led to Danell’s death in 2010.

At stake is an all-expense paid trip to either the Galapagos Islands or Alaska.

Beef production in the United States is expected to decrease 4.8 percent in 2013, the second largest year-over-year decrease in 35 years, trailing only the 6.4 percent drop in 2004.

Hartley Ranch Angus Beef LLC of Austin, Texas is the first customer of Northern Beef Packers LP and will purchase 66% of its boxed beef production.

American Meat Institute President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle announced three internal staff promotions that will assist the Institute in continuing to successfully serve the needs of the meat and poultry industry and its members.