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Flying Food Group, LLC, a Lawrenceville, Ga., establishment, is recalling approximately 204 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken wraps and plates that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service has launched a web-based smartphone application that instantly answers food safety questions commonly posed by consumers.

AgFeed Industries Inc., an international agribusiness with operations in the U.S. and China, announced organizational changes and acquisitions agreements in fulfillment of its previously announced entry to the harvest and processing segment of the pork business.

CME Group Inc. has dropped its iconic frozen pork bellies contracts after a 50-year run that made it an icon of the global derivatives industry. The Chicago-based exchange operator said it would delist futures and options on pork bellies after volume in recent years fell to just a handful of contracts per month, despite efforts to revive a business once among its most heavily traded, according to Dow Jones.

Sid Wainer & Son, Inc., a New Bedford, Mass. establishment, is recalling approximately 137 pounds of imported, ready-to-eat, smoked duck breast products that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. Palmex, Inc., a Champlain, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 197 pounds of the same product.

A heat wave affecting the Midwest and East Coast has killed thousands of turkeys and chickens and has left farmers struggling to cool off their flocks in temperatures surpassing 100 degrees.

High levels of radioactive cesium have turned up in beef from cattle raised in the region of Japan’s damaged nuclear reactors. Japan’s government has mandated an expansion of its meat monitoring program, reports MSNBC.