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This is the company’s sixth full report, which includes information on the company’s second set of environmental goals that span from 2012 - 2020 using 2011 as a benchmark.

Applegate Farms has reduced the amount of packaging in its organic bacon by 37 percent.

The Hall of Fame pitcher and part owner of Nolan Ryan’s All Natural Beef will kick off the 10th annual Texas Steak Cookoff on Saturday, May 18, in historic downtown Hico, Texas.

Jolly Good Meat Products, a Los Angeles, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,471 pounds of pork meat pie products because of misbranding and undeclared allergens.

Acadian Fine Foods LLC, a Church Point, La. establishment, is recalling approximately 17,037 pounds of pork stew and chicken stew products because of misbranding and undeclared allergens.

Ball Park brand announced the launch of a new national advertising campaign, “So American You Can Taste It.”

The Hillshire Brands Company announced that David W. Stahl, 48, will become chief information officer, effective May 28, 2013.

In Gold’n Plump’s new campaign, The Mom Squad “agents” educate consumers about what defines good chicken versus bad chicken.

A study conducted by researchers in Scotland and the Netherlands strongly suggests that a new form of poultry stunning is likely more humane than alternative approaches to rendering birds unconscious prior to slaughter.

McDonald’s is dropping the Angus Third Pounders from its menu as part of a continuing shake-up of its offerings.