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2010

January

• Dr. Elisabeth Hagen to be nominated as under secretary for food safety; John Morrell employees, Sioux City dealing with plant closure; 1.24 million pounds of salami recalled in Salmonella outbreak...
• Oscar Mayer launches biggest campaign in brand history; National Restaurant Assn. sees a better 2010...
• Putin warns U.S. poultry industry to observe Russian safety rules; USDA projects record corn crop and yield...
• Pilgrim’s Pride announces corporate layoffs; Taiwan lawmakers reinstate U.S. beef import ban; Rocke family re-acquires RMH Foods...

2009

December

• Sara Lee to cut salt in products by 20%; $15 million plant would turn chicken fat into jet fuel; Mountaire Farms cited in fatal ammonia leak...
• Dietz & Watson, Boar's Head clash in Florida; Russia bans pork imports from five plants; Sanderson Farms reports Q4, fiscal year turnaround...
• McDonald's COO to retire; The National Provisioner's Custom Search; USA today questions Beef Packers Inc. recall...

November

• FSIS, FDA collaboration; Columbia Farms Inc. settlement for immigration violations; H1N1 virus in Indiana pigs...
• Hormel hunger survey results; Cargill plans H1N1 sow vaccination; Denver meat business owner gets 15 years for fraud...
• Tyson Foods names Donnie Smith CEO, Jim Lochner COO; Swine economist: Hog farmers' loss hits record levels; McDonald's positioned for global economic recovery...

October

• EU, U.S. poultry ban; fire at Iowa pork plant; Indie Awards; Tyson, Costco reach agreement...
• JBS, Pilgrim's Pride deal; Question of the Week; National Beef stock offering; Japan ban...
• Cancer Project sues McDonald's, Burger King, Friendly's; USDA confirms H1N1 virus in Minnesota pigs...
• WWFE/AMI on location; Meat, poultry sales strong; Sustainability; Chicago meat processor...

September

• JBS, Pilgrim's Pride rumors; Agriprocessors trial delay; Smithfield CEO briefs shareholders...
• Worker Safety Podcast; Niman Ranch, Superior Farms; Indie Awards...
• JBS purchases stake in Pilgrim's; chicken industry responds to China investigation; Indie Awards...
• Sara Lee, Kraft, Hormel, Tyson among top 'green' companies; Indie Award nominations; Energy management podcast...

August

• Oscar Mayer; Sara Lee; 2nd Annual Indie Awards...
• Butterball Worker Safety Podcast; Meat Industry Hall of Fame inaugural class announced; Pilgrim's reports Q3 profits...
• Beef, pork exports podcast; Hormel's Q3 results; CKE vs. McDonald's in Angus war...
• Federal assistance for pork industry in Minnesota; H1N Round Two...

July

• Dietz & Watson vs. Boar's Head; China poultry imports; Pilgrim's Pride idles plants...
• Agriprocessors plant status; Tyson hog herd plans...
• Energy Management Podcast; fuel act introduced in Congress; The Beef Checkoff; The National Provisioner on Twitter...

June

• JBS Swift recall; Tyson Foods facility wins awards; Mountaire Farms accident...
• Exports Podcast; JBS S.A.; Smithfield Foods Q4 results...
• ConAgra plant explosion; Foster Farms; Tyson and Russia; Food Plant of the Future Webinar...

May

• New Butterball Podcast; Foster Farms plant acquisition; JBS expands; New Supervalu beef line...
• A Young Perspective; HR Awards extended; U.S. pork bans; food safety...

April

• Beef/pork exports; HR Awards; The Kitchens of Sara Lee; McDonald's Angus burger...
• Global Marketplace Podcast; North Star Beef; Pilgrim's Arkansas Plant; A Young Perspective Blog...
• New Podcast on FMLA laws; Poultry industry takes on EPA; CDC's foodborne illness report; AMI's worker-safety awards...
• Hormel exec wins food-safety award; Beef Innovations Group; consumer confidence and supermarkets; HREVOLUTION Awards; Top 100...

March

• A Young Perspective on EFCA; Foster Farms; Farm bureau reaction to antibiotics proposal; HREVOLUTION Awards...
• Smithfield upbeat in spite of 3Q loss; meat recall worries...
• 2008 Exports Podcast; HREVOLUTION Awards; Cargill ground beef program; Agriprocessors sentencing...

February

• JBS-Swift;National Beef Packing Co.; Johnsonville Sausage; Human Resources professionals; Temple Grandin...
• HTML/Buffalo Wild Wings; Independent Processor Top 100 2009...
• IPE Update; A Young Perspective Blog...

January

• HTML/Surviving in the Poultry Industry; A Young Perspective Blog...

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