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USDA will lead a trade mission in March to Chile and Peru in order to expand export opportunities for US agricultural products.

Hershey seeks lightweight, affordable cool shipping ideas through online contest

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.