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A Virginia grower of fresh, ready-to-eat soybean and mung-bean sprouts has been ordered to stop production until the company can clean up its act.

Rick Urschel, president and CEO of Urschel Laboratories announced that the Urschel family sold the Chesteron, Ind.-based company to its employees.

As an effort to improve sustainability in its supply chain, the Kraft Heinz company says it will transition to sourcing 100 percent cage-free eggs in all North American operations by 2025.

The Ferrara Candy Company plans to end production at its Winona, MN candy plant in April and move operations to the company’s facility near Chicago.

FDA awarded Iowa State University a three-year, $950,000 grant to construct a regional food safety center.

Time may soon expire for states wishing to implement mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods.

The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) will host a two-day public meeting to review Listeria monocytogenes.

Maytag Dairy Farms is expanding its voluntary recall because the products could potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Perdue Farms says more than 200 poultry products are now being produced without the use of antibiotics.

A second outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts is under investigation by state and federal health officials after infecting nine people in Minnesota and Wisconsin.