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Mattern Sausage, an Orange, Calif., establishment is recalling approximately 72 pounds of tongue and blood sausage because of mislabeling and an undeclared allergen.

Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s announced their newest creation, the Steakhouse Burgers.

Sadler's Smokehouse announces its new Texas Barbeque line featuring five authentic, ready-to-eat beef, chicken and pork dishes with gluten-free barbecue sauces.

Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. is recalling approximately 360 pounds of breaded chicken breast products, because they may have been undercooked.

Tyson Foods Inc. is turning to social media to help boost hunger awareness in the U.S. and let the public choose three food banks to divide a 90,000-pound food donation from the company.

The Meat Industry Hall of Fame has announced that Bill Kurtis will return as the Keynote speaker for the third annual induction ceremony and dinner.

During her recent tour of Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann paid a visit to Amends Packing Co. of Des Moines.

OSI Group celebrated the opening of its new dry sausage plant located in West Jordan, Utah. This 50,000-square-foot facility will allow OSI to serve its customers’ west coast needs for pepperoni, Genoa salami and other dry sausage products.

The United States claims that China violated international trade rules when it imposed tariffs on about $1 billion of U.S. chicken exports. In a complaint filed with the World Trade Organization, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk says the tariffs threaten 300,000 jobs in the U.S. poultry industry.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. has entered into two consent decrees to settle allegations of sex discrimination.