About two million Salmonella cases are found in livestock in the United States each year, according to the Department of Agriculture.

Scott Lutz has joined ConAgra Foods as president and chief operating officer of the Snack Foods Group.

If your goal is 100% consistent product, it may be time to reconsider some of your standard operating procedures.

Plumrose USA is doubling the size of its Council Bluffs, IA, meat plant to 56,000 square feet.

A bipartisan agreement in the Senate has cleared the way for new limits on class action lawsuits. The House earlier passed similar legislation.

Coca-Cola Enterprises named Terrance M. Marks corporate vice president and chief revenue officer-North American Group where he is responsible for package development, innovation and planning.

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.