South Korea announced it is lifting an eight year ban on the imports of Canadian beef. The ban, enacted after a Canadian cow was found to have mad cow disease in 2003, will be lifted to allow imports of beef from cattle aged 30 months or younger.
Employees at Smithfield Foods and its independent operating companies in Missouri and elsewhere are lending a helping hand to the campaign aiding victims of last month's devastating tornado that killed 155 Joplin residents.
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.