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Keystone Foods Chief Operating Officer Larry S. McWilliams has assumed the company’s leadership role as President and CEO, succeeding Jerry Dean, who recently elected to retire after leading the company for 17 years.

Bloomberg is reporting that Smithfield Foods Inc. may be seeking acquisitions in the packaged meats industry after canceling its planned acquisition of Spain’s Campofrio Food Group SA. Sara Lee Corp.

George’s Chicken Inc. has agreed to improve a plant that the company acquired from Tyson Foods Inc. in a proposed settlement with the Department of Justice over an antitrust lawsuit.

Specialities Agro Alimentation, a Millington, N.J. establishment, is recalling approximately 5,700 pounds of imported boneless Serrano ham products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.

Former head of Continental Airlines gives his four-point plan that helped turn the company around, during Friday’s keynote session.

The CEO of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. said that the company does not expect any liquidity problems this year.

The Oscar Mayer brand is encouraging consumers to break out of this routine and try one of the new Oscar Mayer Sandwich Combinations.

Gold'n Plump has introduced its line of Seasoned Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Fillets.

A lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster claims that a meat processor with stores in Overland and Festus sold products labeled as ground beef that contained cow hearts as an ingredient.

Chef One Corp., a Brooklyn, N.Y., establishment is recalling approximately 36 pounds of pork egg rolls because the product is misbranded and contains undeclared allergens.