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USDA’s Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) announced this week it awarded contracts to two companies to manufacture doses of avian influenza vaccine.

In an effort to keep food safety on the minds of consumers, USDA and the Ad Council have joined 20th Century FOX to launch a series of PSAs featuring Alvin and the Chipmunks to target children and their families and educate them about good food safety practices.

With more consumers trending towards natural and organic food options, Dietz & Watson announced it has launched a new product line known as “Originals”—a collection of antibiotic free deli meats, organic deli meats, rBST-free cheeses and organic beef hot dogs.

The third annual PACK gives BACK event, held in conjunction with PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 last month, raised $50,000 for military non-profit Fisher House Foundation, whose program provides free temporary lodging for families of patients receiving care at major military and VA medical centers.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a formal ruling, finding Mexico’s sugar industry unfairly dumped subsidized sugar onto the US market.

President Obama has signed a measure reauthorizing the Livestock Mandatory Reporting law, which requires meat packers to report to USDA the prices they pay for cattle, hogs and lambs.

Congress will consider a measure that would allow states to increase the gross vehicle weight limit on commercial trucks if they are properly equipped with six axles and meet the same safety standards as trucks currently allowed on interstate highways.

Announcing what would create a beer behemoth controlling nearly one third of the world’s beer supply, Belgium’s Anheuser-Busch InBev NV and SABMiller plc said the companies have reached agreement in principle on the key terms of a possible takeover by AB InBev.

 Created last year by the Foundation of the Food Processing Suppliers Association, FPEC was established with the goal of developing and implementing a career path for technicians. 

 According to the report, each direct job in the frozen industry supported 4.35 jobs elsewhere in the US economy in 2012.