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National Beef Packing Co. has announced it will add more than 200 workers to its processing plant in Moultrie, Ga.

Announcement comes after FTC was granted preliminary injunction to block the proposed merger.

A fire at the Bloomfield Processing Co. plant in Bloomfield, Ind., late last week resulted in the loss of the entire facility.

Beef leg bone extract and beef concentrate products produced in Australia and New Zealand were not presented at the U.S. point of entry for inspection.

Carpenter will be the first witness.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointment of members to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) for the 2015-2017 term.

Leading HPP toll processing company is coming to Malvern, PA.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opposed the deal, saying it would reduce competition between food supply companies.

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is affirming, with minor changes, the interim final rule , "Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Meat and Poultry Products."

Agency claims Delaware poultry-processing plant exposed workers to serious hazards including musculoskeletal injuries.