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The FDA and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the USDA have announced the availability of two documents: a draft risk assessment on the relationship between foodborne Listeria and human health that considers 20 ready-to-eat food categories, and a risk management action plan based on the Listeria risk assessment.

Rolling blackouts and escalating energy costs already are impacting food processors throughout California, but the worst may be yet to come.

Former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, before his departure from office, announced a new USDA requirement intended to improve the safety of raw meat and poultry products.

The Stellar Group has finished construction on a 50,000-sq.-ft. renovation and expansion for Smithfield Packing Co.

This hasn't been a particularly good year for many web-based business-to-business ventures, but at least one company is having a relatively easy - make that ec - time of it.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to expand efforts to combat bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)

NFPA endorses presenting information on allergens in terms that consumers can readily understand

ABB, the global technology company, announced that it has acquired a minority interest in the Swedish software maker, Industrial & Financial Systems AB (IFS)

Guess what the biggest source of foodborne illness in California was between 1996 and 1998. Meat? Eggs? Contaminated water?

Penn State University, University Park, Penn., is considering developing an e-business program with unique applications to the food processing industry.