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Federal food safety experts report a drop in the number of ground beef samples testing positive for E. coli O157:H7 so far this year.

A manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products, Barry Callebaut acquired Brach's Confections Holding, Inc.

Hershey Foods Corp. will build a 1.1 million-sq.-ft. distribution center in the Gateway Commerce Center, a 2,300-acre business park in Madison County, IL.

A recent study performed by Invensys and Fieldbus Inc. concludes that process industry automation users are frustrated with the low success levels provided by current plant production management strategies.

Under the new USDA standards, pizza products will no longer be required to contain tomato sauce, cheese and a bread-based crust, as prescribed by current standards.

Bongards’ Creameries purchased Land O’ Lakes’ Perham, MN, cheese manufacturing facility.

Tyson Foods, Inc. named Kevin J. Igli chief environmental officer.

UCCnet, a not-for-profit organization, provides item registry and data synchronization based on industry-developed standards.

Banks, insurance companies and other institutional investors are starting to weigh the cost benefits of irradiating ground beef, poultry and other foods as part of their due diligence on loans to food processors, restaurant chains and food retailers.

General Mills is expanding its Yoplait production with an additional 380,000-sq.-ft. processing plant located near the company’s existing Pillsbury plant in Murfreesboro, TN.