One the world’s largest meatpackers, BRF, has cut its investment spend as its home country, Brazil, slowly recovers from a two-year economic recession.
A prominent butcher from New Zealand is waiting to hear from the Guinness World Record body to find out if he broke the record for the most amount of sausages made in one minute.
Montana Stock Growers Association (MSGA) has signed a beef supply deal with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the next three years.
US beef exports “jumped substantially” in value in September despite hurricanes impacting Caribbean demand, latest figures compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have revealed.
The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) has released its submission to the government of Canada on potential discussions with the remaining members of what was previously the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
President and ceo of Amick Farms Ben Harrison had been named as the 2017-2018 chairman of the National Chicken Council (NCC) during its 63nd Annual Conference.
The National Pork Producers Council has urged Congress to renew its commitment to funding agricultural research to help America’s farmers feed a growing world population, improve public health and strengthen US national security by ensuring America’s...
Hormel Foods Corporation has revealed that it is to acquire premium deli meat and salami company Columbus Manufacturing Inc from Chicago-based Arbor Investments.
US pork processor Smithfield Foods has penned an exclusive deal to sell meat on Chinese website JD.com, expanding its presence in the world’s largest consumer market.
US food processor Kraft Heinz Company has announced plans to expand its current animal welfare commitments to include higher standards for treatment of broiler chickens in its domestic supply chain.
The US meat industry has largely welcomed the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to withdraw proposed legislation on the buying and selling of livestock.
Brazil’s reputation was tarnished by a tainted meat scandal, but the biggest country in South America is working hard to improve its status as a sustainable food giant.
Brazilian processor JBS has reopened production facilities in Mato Grosso do Sul following a temporary closure stemming from a court-ordered asset seize last week.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been called on to halt all Brazilian fresh meat and Chinese poultry imports that are not verified to be as safe as US produced food.
Virginia-based pork processor Smithfield Foods has set up Smithfield Renewables, an initiative to power its efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and spark sustainable energy projects.
Joesley and Wesley Batistia, the billionaire brothers of scandal-rocked Brazilian meatpacker JBS, have been charged with insider trading by prosecutors who allege the duo pocketed over US$30m.
Thailand and the US did not strike a deal to drop what one industry insider called a “de facto ban” on American pork imports when the two countries met in Washington recently.
Three Brazilian slaughterhouses in the southern state of Santa Catarina have been cleared to sell pork to South Korea, the world’s fourth-biggest importer of pig meat.
A Thai pork producer’s decision to phase out pig cages within the next decade could have major repercussions around the world, an animal welfare advocate said.
The maker of canned meat Spam, US-based Hormel Foods, has named CEO Jim Snee chairman of the board of directors, after the retirement of former incumbent Jeffrey Ettinger.
Five senior representatives from a US pork trade body have returned from a whistle-stop tour of China and Japan – two the world’s biggest pig meat buyers.
Beef Products Inc has launched a $10m fund to support ex-staff and communities affected by three plants that were shut in 2012 following a payout related to a series of critical stories run by broadcaster ABC News.
Tyson Poultry, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods, has been fined $2 million for its part in an environmental incident that led to the death of more than 100,000 fish in Missouri.
Tyson Foods’ plan to build a major new poultry processing facility in Tonganoxie, Kansas has hit a snag following the withdrawal of support from the local government.
Hong Kong has suspended imports from a Brazilian exporter and two Brazilian production plants following the discovery of falsified health certificates.
The National Chicken Council’s (NCC) recent petition calling for the waiving of maximum line speeds in abattoirs has come under criticism from animal welfare groups.
