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GNP Co. unveiled its third Farm To Fork Report, outlining its newly launched mission of healthy food, families and farms, and key results for 2011.

JBS SA is leasing two Brazilian poultry plants from France's Group Doux to increase its chicken-processing capacity by 15 percent.

For domestic chicken processors who used to have trouble finding a market for dark meat, the change is helping to boost prices and push the industry out of a long slump.

O.K. Foods announced that it will add or return 182 jobs to its facilities in Fort Smith, Ark., and Heavener, Okla.

Despite financial stress caused by the weakened economy, chicken establishments appear to be maintaining food safety procedures necessary to control Salmonella contamination.

Beginning this month, the American Humane Certified seal will start appearing on labels of the Just BARE line of fresh, all natural chicken, distributed by GNP Co.

Maple Leaf Foods announced that it will consolidate its further processed poultry operations into its Brantford and Mississauga Ontario facilities where there is available capacity and opportunities for future growth.