Maple Leaf Foods' Pork Complex is a producer of pork from pigs raised without antibiotics and sows raised in open housing.

The new menu item will be available March 2.

The DR’s declining pork production paved the way for increased opportunities for U.S. pork in the country’s rapidly expanding retail sector.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and the transaction is still subject to approval by U.S. regulators.

The CQF platform is an app and cloud-based, real-time reporting dashboard that allows a user to quickly and easily determine accurate quality, health, and body composition of different proteins, including seafood, poultry, and meat, as well as other perishable food products.

Midan’s newly released “Pork Attributes Report” indicates that price continues to be the top attribute consumers consider when making pork purchasing decisions at retail, online or in a foodservice environment.

The delegate body meets annually to recommend the rate of assessment, determine the percentage of assessments that state associations will receive and nominate producers and importers to the National Pork Board.

Marksbury Farm Foods LLC violated federal child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act by employing seven workers in slaughterhouse operations and an eighth worker to clean its floor.

Owners Mike and Lynette Sloan will be hands-on owners, just like they are at the Hermann Wurst Haus.

In addition to a quarterly update, NPPC released one national and 22 state-level economic reports last year.