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Public health officials have confirmed that the death of a California resident is tied to a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 77 people since March.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. reported a net loss of $128.1 million, or $0.60 per share, on net sales of $1.9 billion for the second quarter ended June 26, 2011. For the comparable quarter a year ago, the company reported net earnings of $32.9 million, or $0.15 per share, on total sales of $1.7 billion.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert due to concerns about illnesses caused by Salmonella heidelberg that may be associated with use and consumption of ground turkey.

A Ukrainian billionaire who bought assets of the venerable Delaware poultry firm Townsends Inc. out of bankruptcy in February has decided to retreat, closing the business and laying off more than 1,000 people, including about 40 in Delaware.

Driven by stronger same-store sales and traffic levels and a more optimistic outlook among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) rose above 100 in June.

The Delmarva Poultry Industry today released a strongly worded rebuttal to a report calling for limits on the density of animal production, particularly poultry in the Delmarva region.

Investigators are stepping up their efforts to find the source of frequent bomb threats to two House of Raeford facilities in Duplin County, N.C.

Bloomberg Markets magazine is reporting today that, during a speech to attendees at the National Grain and Feed Association convention in San Diego in March, Cargill Inc.

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, a Mount Pleasant, Texas, establishment, is expanding its recall of ready-to-eat chicken products by an additional 7,072 pounds, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.