SEOUL – South Korea’s ruling party sent lawmakers to the United States on Monday to seek assurances that beef from older cattle will not be exported to the Asian nation.

ATLANTA – Cagle’s Inc. reported a loss of $77 million for fiscal 2008, compared to a profit of $56 million for the previous fiscal year. The company reported in a

SMITHFIELD, Va. – Smithfield Foods Inc. announced Monday that Robert W. Manly III has been named as chief financial officer, effective July 1. According to a statement from the company,

SPRINGDALE, Ark. – Dennis Leatherby has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer of Tyson Foods Inc., company officials announced Monday.  The company said in a statement

DEERFIELD, Ill. – The discovery that a flock in Arkansas has been exposed to avian influenza has raised questions about the virus and what the risks are to people. In

SEOUL – South Korea is asking for a de facto ban on beef from cattle older than 30 months. The request comes after massive near daily protests against a beef

Clean-in-place technology allows for both efficiency and safety.Equipment cleaning is such a fact of life in meat processing that it is almost a given. However, not all equipment can be

SPRINGDALE, Ark. – The United States has stopped exports of Arkansas poultry to Russia for 90 days after the discovery of a strain of avian influenza at a Tyson contractor

SMITHFIELD, Va. – Smithfield Foods Inc. on Thursday reported a major drop of income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, bringing in $1.8 million for the quarter.   The

RALEIGH, N.C. – The third edition of the Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization’s (PAACO) highly poultry welfare auditor training course will be held Sept. 9 through 11 in Raleigh, NC.