President Obama last week announced his plan for comprehensive immigration reform. The administration’s plan includes four parts: increased border security, accountability for businesses who hire undocumented workers, reforming the visa system to expand the legal immigration system and a plan for bringing those in the U.S. illegally into the legal system.
Butterball LLC announced the donation of more than 18,000 pounds of turkey to charitable organizations in North Carolina and Alabama that are supplying food to victims of the severe weather that affected numerous communities across the states.
Forty-nine workers have been laid off at a lamb slaughter plant in northwest Iowa. KTIV reports that workers at the Superior Farms plant in Hawarden were let go on Wednesday.
Faced with beef costs that are expected to rise 20 percent this year instead of the predicted 10 to 15 percent, Wendy's Arby's Group Inc. said it will raise prices.
White Castle introduces new menu offerings from now until July 2. The Bacon and Cheddar Slider, Bacon and Ranch Slider and Loaded Fries are all topped with thick-cut bacon crumbles.
Tri-City Cheese and Meats, a Kawkawlin, Mich., establishment is recalling approximately 252 pounds of kippered beef because it contains sodium nitrite, which is not listed as an ingredient on the label.
A new study shows that the antibiotic-resistant bacteria MRSA is sometimes found in meat and poultry available in grocery stores, reports the Detroit News.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit to block the sale of a Tyson Foods Inc. plant in Harrisonburg, Va., to George's Inc., saying the deal could hurt competition for farmers in the area.
Cargill Beef Australia and Teys Bros (Holdings) Pty Ltd (Teys Bros) announced that they have agreed to form a joint venture company. The new company will be a 50-50 joint venture and trade under the name of "Teys Australia – A Cargill Joint Venture." The proposed joint venture is subject to regulatory approvals.
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