The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) announced that Dr. J. Brad Morgan is the recipient of the 2011 AMSA Intercollegiate Meat Judging Meritorious Service Award.
The American Meat Institute (AMI) gave its support to the 147 members of the U.S. House of Representatives who wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack seeking a timeline for completion of a long-overdue economic impact analysis of one of the most controversial and onerous regulatory proposals that USDA has ever published.
Kayem Foods, maker of Fenway Franks, announced it will also provide the sausage at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox and Kayem Foods Inc. announced a new multi-year sponsorship and licensing agreement to manufacture and distribute Kayem Sausage at Red Sox games and make Kayem the Official Brand of both Franks and Sausage of the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park.
As the current school year comes to a close, 825 elementary school students participating in the second round of Foster Farms' Food 4 Thought program will soon receive their final grocery delivery of the school year (650 in Stanislaus County will receive their delivery tomorrow and the remaining Merced County students receive theirs the week of May 31).
AdvancePierre Foods is moving a food manufacturing line from its facility in Orange City, Iowa, to Enid, Okla., and Cincinnati, Ohio. The Iowa facility is losing 100 of its approximately 450 jobs, reports the Enid News and Eagle. The layoffs will take place at the end of July.
Hormel Foods Corp. is expanding its corporate headquarters in Austin. The maker of Spam and other prepared foods broke ground on the expansion Monday, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
A 33-year-old man was caught trying to bring 385 pounds, or 35 rolls, of illegal Mexican bologna over the border. The illegal meat was discovered as the man was trying to cross the Santa Teresa port of entry, reports the Daily Mail.
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