Food processing giant Cargill has begun its yearlong 150th anniversary celebration honoring the company’s founding in 1865 that started with William Wallace Cargill who became the owner of a single grain warehouse in Iowa. Today, the company employs 143,000 people in 67 countries.
Over 23,000 of the nation’s dairy operations, more than half of all dairy farms in the US, have enrolled in a new safety-net program created by the 2014 Farm Bill known as the Margin Protection Program, according to USDA.
In mid-December, the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued the latest version of the dietary guidelines and submitted them for public comment.
With consumers preferring more natural and organic products and a growing emphasis on buzzwords like “fresh” and “healthy,” do frozen foods still appeal to the American appetite?
The US Poultry & Egg Association, National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and United Egg Producers have updated an economic impact study that highlights the impact the poultry industry has on jobs, wages and federal and state revenue in the US.
A number of leading food and agricultural organizations have joined together to support additional changes in US policy to facilitate US dairy exports to Cuba and permit open travel for Americans to the country.
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) established an emergency quarantine zone for avian influenza over an area roughly 20 miles in size where avian influenza has been identified in flocks of mixed poultry and other birds.
California-based Unibright Foods Inc. has issued a recall of approximately 48,139 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat sukiyaki beef and gingered pork products that may be contaminated with metal extraneous materials, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Global coffee and baked-goods chain Dunkin’ Donuts announced plans to expand operations in China where it will develop more than 1,400 new restaurants during the next 20 years as part of a joint venture between Jollibee Worldwide Pte Ltd. and Jasmine Asset Holding Ltd., a subsidiary of RRJ Capital Master Fund II, L.P.
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