The current owners of U.S.-based Mar-Lees Seafood are suing the company's founder and former owner, John Lees Jr., alleging Lees used his position with his former company to set up a racketeering and kickback scheme.
The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) announced this week that it has received more than USD 500,000 in federal grants to help support restoration projects for Atlantic salmon stocks in Maine.
Animal protection group, the Humane Society International (HSI) has rejected federal agricultural minister, Barnaby Joyce’s claim that a recent outbreak of bird flu was the result of free-range production.
The General Statistics Office announced that the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in October posted an increase of 0.49 percent compared to September.
Lower chicken prices and a drop in chicken volume weighed on earnings for Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V., which reported a 43.7 percent decline in net profits for the third quarter ending Sept. 30.
Tyson Foods Inc. has stopped buying cattle directly from Canadian producers citing burdensome costs incurred because of US country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules.
Cargill today announced it will invest $10.6 million to expand its Lake Odessa, Mich. plant, which will result in an expected increase of 28 jobs once it is completed.
Trade officials in Chile have decided not to impose safeguard measures against imports of pork, including US pork, following an investigation that found domestic producers were not harmed by pork imports
Clean Seas Tuna has received an AUD 6.157 million (USD 5.95, EUR 4.35 million) research and development refund under the R&D tax incentive scheme from Ausindustry and the Australian Taxation Office.
The Yorkshire-based pork supplier Karro Food confirmed that it had taken the decision to terminate slaughter and butchery operations at its Wiveliscombe
slaughterhouse in Somerset, putting 93 jobs at risk.
