MINNEAPOLIS – Cargill Inc. on Tuesday reported that its fourth quarter earnings were up 18 percent from the same period as a year ago. For the full fiscal year,

WASHINGTON – The E. coli O157:H7 Conference for Beef Further Processors has gained more sponsors in both trade media and industry groups. Early registration for the conference ends Aug.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Monday that the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) will hold

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Pork Checkoff and Soybean Checkoff have partnered on two research projects: the North American Swine Energy System and the Development of an Allergenicity Model

TOKYO – Japan said Friday that it will send inspectors to a number of U.S. beef processing plants this week to see if they are sticking to Japanese import

SEOUL – South Korean police arrested 157 people at a rally in Seoul opposing the resumption of U.S. beef imports. Officials said that about 5,500 people rallied in the

OTTAWA – The Canadian government confirmed a case of mad cow disease in a six-year-old beef cow on Friday. It was the 14th instance of the disease in Canada

ST. LOUIS – The CEO of ConAgra Foods Inc. got a 41 percent pay cut in 2008, the company said Friday. ConAgra spokeswoman Teresa Paulsen said the company’s board decided

DUBLIN, Ohio – Triarc Companies Inc., parent company of Arby’s, and Wendy’s International Inc. announced Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has declared the form for the merger effective.

Stuffers and grinders are standard pieces of equipment in plants that produce any kind of further-processed meat products. And because of that, food safety is a major consideration in the