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JBS USA to Buy Deli-Meat Processor Plumrose USA for $230m
Mar 28, 2017JBS USA has agreed to acquire Plumrose USA, the bacon and deli-meats business of Denmark's Danish Crown, for $230m. The acquisition is in line with JBS' plans to diversify its product portfolio and expansion of prepared foods and branded ...
Tags: deli-meats, bacon
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Pork Powerhouses 2015: Expansion Looms
Oct 13, 2015When corn is cheap, hogs get plentiful. The annual Pork Powerhouses ranking of the 25 largest producers in the U.S. shows a gain of 128,000 sows in the past year. With two new packing plants set to open in 2017, producers are gearing up to ...
Tags: corn, Pork, Smithfield Foods
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FIRB Has Approved $1.13bn Bid by Jbs Usa to Acquire Australian Consolidated Food Holdings
Mar 6, 2015The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved $1.13bn bid by JBS USA to acquire Australian Consolidated Food Holdings (Primo), said treasurer Joe Hockey. With this approval, US subsidiary of the Brazilian meat ...
Tags: meat processing, Pork
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JBS US Increases Beef Processing Capacity
Feb 2, 2015Beef and pork processor JBS USA is planning to invest around $75m in the expansion of its beef processing complex in Hyrum, Utah. Work under the expansion includes the construction of new fabrication building, ground beef facility and ...
Tags: beef products, Agriculture
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Tyson Foods Has Signed a Deal to Sell Its Poultry Operations in Mexico and Brazil
Aug 8, 2014Tyson Foods has signed a deal to sell its poultry operations in Mexico and Brazil to JBS for $575m, as part of efforts to pay down debt associated with its $7.7bn purchase of Hillshire Brands. Tyson's Mexican operations will be ...
Tags: Tyson Foods, Poultry, Foods
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JBS USA Selected Quintiq's Optimization Platform for 13 of Its Processing Facilities
Apr 17, 2014JBS USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brazil’s JBS, has selected Quintiq’s optimization platform for 13 of its processing facilities in the US. In order to meet customer demand, conversions, grades, product age and other ...
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South Korea Imposes Ban on Some US Beef Imports
Oct 11, 2013South Korea has imposed ban on the imports of beef from the US after finding a banned feed additive, zilpaterol, in a 22-ton meat shipment. Zilpaterol is a feed ingredient used to boost marketable meat in cattle. Due to raising concerns ...
Tags: Beef Imports, banned feed additive
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JBS Opened a New Distribution Center at Its Beef Processing Facility in Grand Island
Oct 8, 2013JBS USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brazilian meat processor JBS, has opened a new distribution center at its beef processing facility in Grand Island, Nebraska, increasing its storage and product handling capabilities. The 83,000ft2 ...
Tags: Beef Facility, meat processor
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JBS USA Has Opened a Ground Beef Production Facility at The JBS Beef Processing Plant
Apr 24, 2013JBS USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brazilian meat processor JBS, has opened a ground beef production facility at the JBS beef processing plant in Tolleson, Arizona. The new facility, which began production last week, features a modern ...
Tags: JBS USA, Beef Facility
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Japan Has Agreed to Allow US Imports of Cattle Aged up to 30 Months From 1 February
Jan 30, 2013Japan has agreed to allow US imports of cattle aged up to 30 months from 1 February. This move comes after the food safety authorities stated that the decision would not increase health concerns. The new rule will allow the US exporters ...
Tags: Japan, US imports, cattle
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Jbs Will Buy Xl Foods Meat Plant in Brooks
Jan 4, 2013Alberta has given exemption from foreign land ownership rules to JBS, which makes it one step closer to buying XL Foods meat plant in Brooks, Alberta. The XL Foods plant in Brooks Alberta was earlier closed due to the recall of its ...
Tags: Alberta, XL Foods, meat plant, JBS, food industry
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Xl Foods Resumes Operations Under Its New Owner - Jbs USA of Beef Processing
Dec 4, 2012XL Foods' plant in Alberta, Canada, which was at the center of a national beef recall, has resumed operations under its new owner - JBS USA. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) had suspended the license of the plant on 27 September ...
Tags: beef processing operations, national beef recall, contaminated products
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CFIA Plans to Analyze Results From Product Testing Conducted by Both The Company and CFIA
Nov 30, 2012The XL Foods facility in Alberta, Canada, which was at the center of a massive nationwide beef recall, has been ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to take immediate action to address some of the safety issues that were ...
Tags: massive nationwide beef recall, safety issues, beef products
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JBS USA Will Take Management of "Certain Canadian Operations" of XL Foods
Oct 19, 2012Brazilian beef firm JBS has entered into an agreement that will see its US business assume operational control of the Canadian operations of XL Foods, the company at the centre of a large-scale food scare. JBS USA will take management of ...
Tags: beef, large-scale, food safety recall, e.coli bacteria