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Hormel Foods Corporation announced a donation of $130,000 to Hunger-Free Minnesota and $110,000 to the “Mapping an End to Hunger in Greater Des Moines” project through the Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it is taking new steps to fight E. coli and protect the safety of the American food supply.

Sara Lee Corp. announced that CJ Fraleigh, chief executive officer of North America, has resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities.

Superior Farms continues its innovative development of value-added lamb products with a fall line-up of retail comfort food items.

As a precautionary measure, Cargill Value Added Meats Retail, a business unit of Wichita-based Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, announced an immediate Class I voluntary recall

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced global comparable sales growth of 3.5% in August. Performance by segment was as follows:

Smithfield Foods Inc. reported record fiscal 2012 first quarter results. All comparisons are to the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its long-awaited 2008 surveillance for foodborne disease outbreak data. Public health officials from 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico reported 1,034 outbreaks in total.

Food trucks are one of the hottest trends in the restaurant industry right now, and consumers are showing increasing interest in mobile foodservice, new research by the National Restaurant Association ( www.restaurant.org ) confirms.

Focus group in conjunction with The National Provisioner will discuss the effects of economic conditions, food safety, sustainability and training in protein-processing industries.