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Poultry producer Foster Farms has launched a comprehensive investigation into its Fresno, CA facilities after an animal rights group published an online video depicted workers ripping out feathers of live birds, throwing birds and slamming chickens into metal shackles.

The Coca-Cola Company and Monster Beverage Corporation have closed on the previously announced agreement which gives Coca-Cola a minority ownership in the popular energy drink company.

Nestlé India says the company will destroy its popular MAGGI Noodles products worth about $50 million it removed from shelves this month after India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority enacted a sales ban on the products for unsafe levels of lead.

Taking another step toward removing trans fats in food, FDA said Tuesday it has determined partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” or GRAS for use in human food.

With 85 percent of available space already sold out, the International Dairy Show is set to be the largest since 2009 when it was a part of the Worldwide Food Expo.

 The equipment used in processing and packaging was kept in the basement—a hot and humid area. 

 Capable of delivering up to 43,200 pieces per hour, the new line surpasses an industry average of 36,000 for this segment. 

 The COOL law would require a label to be placed on meat packages detailing where an animal was born, raised and slaughtered.