WASHINGTON – A rule implementing a requirement for meat packers to report the prices they pay producers for food animals was issued on Friday. According to the National
CHICAGO – The Chicago City Council voted this week to overturn a controversial ban on serving foie gras, but not everyone is happy with the change. The Associated Press
MIAMI – Burger King Corp. announced Thursday announced an Indy-themed promotion ahead of the action movie “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” The company said in
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Yum! Brands Inc. announced Thursday that Robert D. Walter had been appointed to its board of directors. The company said in a statement that Walter is
SEOUL – A U.S. trade official said Friday that U.S. beef is safe and rejected calls to renegotiate a deal that allowed beef imports to South Korea to resume.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Congress has passed the 2008 Farm Bill and sent it on to President George W. Bush with a veto-proof majority. The American Meat Institute
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a lawsuit against poultry companies for using arsenic-based feed could go forward. The Associated Press reported that the court overturned
OAK BROOK, Ill. – McDonald’s Corp. said Thursday that its global same-store sales rose five percent in April. According to the Associated Press, McDonald's said same-store sales climbed two percent
LOS ANGELES – Overhill Farms Inc. on Thursday reported second-quarter net revenues of more than $66 million, an increase of 44 percent from the same period last year. The company
SEMINOLE, Okla. – Mexico-based Sigma Alimentos has opened its first U.S. meat processing plant in Seminole, Okla. on Wednesday. It will eventually employ 400 people and produce 400,000 pounds of
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