Gold’n Plump Poultry, the Midwest’s largest fully integrated chicken producer, announced that it has achieved Safe Quality Foods (SQF) 2000 Level 2 Food Safety certification from the Safe Quality Foods Institute (SQFI).
The North American Meat Processors Association (NAMP) announced a brand new Center of the Plate Training course June 23 – 24 at Kendall College in Chicago, Ill.
Hormel Foods Corp. announced that Scott Aakre has been named vice president of corporate innovation and new product development and Whitney Velasco-Aznar is joining the company and assuming Aakre’s previous position as vice president of marketing for Grocery Products.
The prospect of a local USDA-inspected meat processor in Coos County, Ore., advanced Wednesday during a session among producers, processors and business developers.
Nebraska Beef Ltd. has reached a settlement with Meyer Natural Foods LLC over liability for a 2008 beef recall, according to an order filed late Friday in the federal case. A trial had been set for next month, reports the Associated Press.
Weber Inc. has invited processors using its slicing systems to attend Sanitation Symposium II, a three-day learning and leadership event at its North American headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., on March 22-24.
A federal judge in Wilmington, Del., has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that poultry company Mountaire Farms failed to properly pay chicken catchers at its Millsboro plant.