A Valdosta, Ga., establishment, Sunset Farm Foods Inc., is recalling approximately 4,480 lbs of chicken and pork smoked sausage products that might be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically blue plastic, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Last week, Representative Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) and 34 other members of Congress sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to postpone a USDA poultry plant safety study deadline of Sept. 1.
St. Louis, Mo.-based Volpi Foods is celebrating its 120-year anniversary this fall and will be kicking off the instore and online promotions Sept. 7 on National Salami Day.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding $600,000 in grants to three Maine meat and poultry processors, announced Congresswoman Chellie Pingree on Aug. 31.
Small batch meat snack producer, Wenzel’s Farm, recently completed an addition to its facility to meet an increased demand for the company’s snack sticks and jerky products.
Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) emerging this week in California, Indiana, Minnesota and North Dakota, including in a Hormel Foods Corp. flock, have executives at the company on edge. Outbreaks earlier this year affected the company’s Jennie-O Turkey Store business, and the new cases may have a lasting impact.
Walmart Inc. and Sustainable Beef LLC announced on Aug. 31 that the world’s largest retailer would take a minority stake in the company as it plans to start on a new $325 million beef processing facility in 2022.
A meatpacker on Long Island was arrested on Aug. 26 by the Nassau County Police Department after she allegedly tampered with meat packages at AVA Companies.
At this year’s annual National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry, Wayne-Sanderson Farms earned 14 safety awards — two Industry Innovation Awards and 12 separate facility awards.