One plant worker was killed and four more injured as the result of an ammonia leak at the Mountaire Farms Lumber Bridge, N.C., plant. A ruptured ammonia line caused an

A total of 42 Nebraska cattle herds have been quarantined because of bovine tuberculosis concerns, and Colorado and South Dakota officials were warned that animals from those herds were sold

JBS SA said that it is not involved in a beef industry graft scheme under investigation in Brazil. Police officers searched one of the company's facilities in Porto Velho, taking

Smithfield Foods announced a fourth-quarter loss of $78.8 million, or 55 cents a share, compared to a gain of $2.4 million from a year ago. Still, the results were better

America's meat and poultry industry, comprised of packers and processors, wholesalers and retailers, directly and indirectly contributes $832.4 billion dollars to the U.S. economy annually, roughly 5.8 percent of total

A total of three people have been confirmed killed in an explosion and roof collapse at a ConAgra Foods Slim Jim facility in Garner, N.C. The company believes that everything

A Garner, N.C., plant that produced ConAgra Food's Slim Jim snacks was heavily damaged by an explosion and partial roof collapse yesterday, leaving two workers dead, numerous people injured and

Foster Farms has reached an agreement to purchase the Fernando's and El Extremo foodservice brands from ConAgra Foods. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close next week, have not

Cameco, Inc., a Verona, N.J., establishment is recalling approximately 79,312 pounds of various fully cooked, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products because the products may contain under-processed ham components after contacting

Tyson Foods said that it has little information about why two of its plants were banned from importing product to Russia, but that it will work with Russia and the