Murphy-Brown LLC, the livestock production subsidiary for Smithfield Foods Inc., has earned Smithfield’s Zero Hero Award for its environmental management performance in 2011.
During the past year, foodservice promotions featuring barbecue were most common in the summer months and least common in the winter, according to Technomic’s Category Close-Up: Barbecue report.
European poultry meat inspection methods are not sufficient to fully address the most relevant biological hazards such as Campylobacter and Salmonella, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has suggested.
Innovation and a growing focus on foodservice are the key issues for Sial 2012 later this year, as one of the world’s largest food shows gets ready to open its doors.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced new steps to safeguard the food supply and to protect consumers nationwide.
Bay State Milling Co. has launched Contadino, a pizza flour developed for Neapolitan-style pizza, and Easy GrAin, a pizza crust mix designed to add more whole grains to the final product.
The preliminary national average price received by farmers for all wheat in June was $6.37 per bu, down 30c from $6.67 in May and down $1.04 from $7.41 in June 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Agricultural Prices report.
The International Grains Council on July 2 forecast world wheat production in 2012-13 at 665 million tonnes, down 6 million tonnes from its May projection and down 30 million tonnes, or 4%, from a record 695 million tonnes in 2011-12.
Hillshire Brands Co. CEO Sean Connolly is focused on promoting the company’s sausage and lunch meat products to upscale consumers according to a report published in the Chicago Tribune.
Mitsui & Co. Ltd. is now a 10-percent shareholder in Sodrugestvo Group SA and both companies will become strategic partners in some of their businesses.
The North American Meat Association (NAMA), born through the merger of the National Meat Association and the North American Meat Processors Association, begins operations July 2.
New steps to ensure the safety of the food supply and protect consumers were announced July 2 by the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
