Hormel Foods Corp. has boosted its fiscal-year earnings outlook, thanks to strong performances from the improving Jennie-O turkey operations and other segments. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company
The governors of nine states impacted by the struggling pork industry have asked the U.S. government to purchase $50 million in excess pork supplies and press China to reopening its
The initial class has been elected to the newly formed Meat Industry Hall of Fame, according to Hall officials. The 21 new members were chosen in voting by the Hall’s
Pilgrim's Pride reported a third-quarter profit of $53.24 million on sales of $1.78 billion, compared to last year's loss of $52.78 billion on sales of $2.21 billion. The company still
Camacho's Food Processing, a Salinas, Calif.-based processor that recalled 1,450 pounds of fried pork skins, known as chicharrones, last week is stating that the recall was unfair. The recall was
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued Notice 51-09: Routine Sampling and Testing of Beef Manufacturing Trimmings Derived from Cattle Not Slaughtered in that Establishment (Bench Trim) for Escherichia
Philadelphia-based deli meats supplier Dietz & Watson is challenging Boar’s Head to end its demands of deli case exclusivity, saying that forcing a deli to carry only one brand of
A coalition of meat companies, including Tyson Foods, Pilgrim's Pride, Sanderson Farms, Seaboard Corp., JBS SA. Smithfield Foods Inc. and Hormel Foods Corp., have called for the United States to
National Beef Packing Co. LLC has promoted Tim Klein to president and CEO and named him as a member of the board. Klein had been the Kansas City-based company’s president
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. announced plans to idle its chicken processing plant in Athens, Ala., and one of its two plants in Athens, Ga., within 60 to 75 days as part
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