The Class of 2010 has been elected to the Meat Industry Hall Of Fame, according to Hall officials. The 12 new members were chosen from a list of over 50
U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry announced the confirmation of Dr. Elizabeth Hagen as USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety.
South Korea said Wednesday it would reopen talks soon with the United States on a major free trade deal, but rejected complaints it unfairly restricts U.S. beef and auto exports.
Shares of Smithfield Fods Inc. rose more than 5 percent yesterday on reports that the company may be the subject of a takeover bid by JBS SA, parent company of
The Food and Drug Administration is urging meat producers to limit the amount of antibiotics they give animals in response to public health concerns about the drugs. The FDA said
After closing its borders to Canadian and U.S. beef in 2003 after outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), China has agreed to reopen its borders to Canadian beef. China will
At a joint press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Washington, President Barack Obama announced that Russia has agreed to lift its ban on U.S. poultry exports. “We have
Fremont, Neb., home of meatpacking plants for Hormel and Fremont Beef, has passed a law that bans hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants, setting itself up for a likely
USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) announced a sweeping new proposal that would upset the market and business relationships of small and independent packer-processors nationwide, reports the National
Campbell Soup Supply Company LLC, a Paris, Texas, establishment is recalling approximately 15,000,000 pounds of "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs" canned products due to possible under-processing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food
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