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AdvancePierre Foods Inc., an Orange City, Iowa, establishment, is recalling approximately 10,668 pounds of beef patty products that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.

A Tyson Foods truck driver was killed after being pinned between two truck trailers outside the company's Springdale plant last Wednesday, reports the Arkansas Business News.

Tyson Foods has reported its third quarter and nine months results.

The Cattlemen’s Beef Board voted unanimously to elect Wesley Grau of New Mexico to finish out the year as chairman of the national board.

A former senior executive in the renewable plastics and chemical industry has been named to the board of directors of Tyson Foods Inc., company officials announced.

Public health officials have confirmed that the death of a California resident is tied to a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 77 people since March.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. reported a net loss of $128.1 million, or $0.60 per share, on net sales of $1.9 billion for the second quarter ended June 26, 2011. For the comparable quarter a year ago, the company reported net earnings of $32.9 million, or $0.15 per share, on total sales of $1.7 billion.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert due to concerns about illnesses caused by Salmonella heidelberg that may be associated with use and consumption of ground turkey.

A Ukrainian billionaire who bought assets of the venerable Delaware poultry firm Townsends Inc. out of bankruptcy in February has decided to retreat, closing the business and laying off more than 1,000 people, including about 40 in Delaware.