President Obama has announced his intent to nominate Dr. Elisabeth Hagen as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Under Secretary for Food Safety. Hagen will serve with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Daniele International Inc., an establishment with operations in Pascoag and Mapleville, R.I., is recalling approximately 1,240,000 pounds of ready-to-eat varieties of Italian sausage products, including salami/salame, in commerce and potentially

Employees at the Sioux City, Iowa, John Morrel & Co. are considering their options after this week's announcement that the plant was closing. The facility, owned by Smithfield Foods, employs

With the economic downturn easing, the restaurant industry is expected to show gradual improvement in 2010, according to the National Restaurant Association's 2010 Restaurant Industry Forecast released today. Industry sales

Sioux City officials say the John Morrell & Co. meatpacking plant, one of the city's largest employers, will close this spring. The plant has about 1,500 workers. The Sioux City

Huntington Meat Packing Inc., a Montebello, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 864,000 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food

The Oscar Mayer brand is launching the largest advertising campaign in its 125-year history. The “It Doesn’t Get Better Than This” campaign is the first multi-category advertising campaign to span

A Wall Street upgrade of Tyson Foods Inc. shares on Thursday reflects investor appetite for U.S. meat producers, with the industry looking to capitalize on lower feed-grain costs and stronger

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the country would find alternative poultry import sources if the United States did not observe new safety rules. "If some foreign suppliers do

USDA projects U.S. corn production at a record 13.2 billion bushels, up from 12.9 billion bushels projected in USDA’s December forecast and 1 percent above the previous record of 13.0