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Ten bird flocks in Indiana tested positive for avian influenza, though the virus confirmed in these birds is a different strain than the one that decimated the US poultry industry last year, wiping out some 48 million turkeys and chickens.

In less than one week, a record amount of exhibitors will descend on Atlanta for the 2016 International Production & Processing Expo.

FSIS says it is standardizing the approach it takes when livestock or poultry sampling reveals chemicals that aren’t covered in federal regulations.

Food manufacturers were dealt a setback in December when Congress adjourned without taking action on legislation to set a national standard for labels on food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Approved in December, Congress’s end-of-the-year spending bill included a suspension of the country-of-origin labeling law (COOL).

The European Union’s competition regulator approved the deal on the condition Ball divest 10 can body manufacturing plants and two can end plants.