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US Foods announced the purchase of New City Packing Company, a supplier of high-quality steaks and fresh-cut portion meats to restaurants and customers across the country.

Keoki's Lau Lau, a Honolulu, HI establishment, is recalling approximately 400 pounds of a ready-to-eat pork product due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

Trim found to be contaminated with these pathogens will not be allowed into commerce and will be subject to recall.

Upon completion of the proposed spin-off, Christopher Begley, current director of Sara Lee Corp. and the former chairman and chief executive officer of Hospira, Inc., will serve as non-executive chairman of the board of MeatCo.

McDonald's USA said that by 2022, it will only buy pork from producers that do not use gestation crates for housing their pregnant sows.

The Agriculture Department's proposal to largely outsource poultry inspections functions and drastically speed up the visual inspection process violates federal law and must not be allowed to proceed.

The Miami Marlins and Kayem Foods announced a new agreement to manufacture and distribute Kayem Franks and Sausage at Marlins Park during games.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken and Monkton, Md., Roseda Beef have teamed up to offer Ripken Gourmet Burgers.

The company will close its food production plants in Springfield, Ohio and Bidwell, Ohio, in late summer 2013.

For the quarter, net income was $23.9 million, compared with a net loss of $16.3 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2011.