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Recognizing outstanding young professionals in the global cold chain industry, the Global Cold Chain Alliance announced Joey Williams as the recipient of the 2015 Global NextGen Award.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) finalized new labeling requirements for raw or partially cooked beef products that have been mechanically tenderized in an effort to give consumers and food service facilities more information about the products they are buying. The labels will also include cooking instructions on how to safely prepare the products.

Cargill’s turkey agricultural team in Missouri will be recognized by the company, as well as by state and federal officials, for reaching 1.4 million work hours without a lost time injury—a period of nearly five years.

This week, May 10-16, marks Food Allergy Awareness Week, a time to focus public awareness on food allergy, a condition that affects an estimated 5 percent of children and 4 percent of adults in the US.

Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta AG declined a $45 billion offer from US-based Monsanto to acquire the company saying the bid “fundamentally undervalues” its prospects.”

The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) submitted comments to USDA and HHS questioning the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s (DGAC) recommendations and what the institute called an “inconsistent review of nutrition evidence.”

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed changes it says are aimed to improve both humane handling and food safety inspections at facilities that produce veal meat.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health’s Temporary Workers Group Wednesday in Washington D.C.

A former MillerCoors vice president and seven co-defendants were charged this week in a twenty count indictment as a result of an alleged plan to defraud the company of at least $7 million, the US Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Illinois announced.

Mars, Incorporated announced its support of two recommendations designed to help consumers limit their intake of added sugar and live healthier lives.