American meat processor OSI Group has slashed 340 jobs at its Shanghai Husi Food plant, which is under investigation for allegedly selling expired meat to McDonald's and KFC. The move came as the company witnessed significant financial ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with the owner of a meat processing plant in Lancaster, Pa., for allegedly failing to properly pre-treat its industrial waste before discharging it to the City’s ...
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Meat processor Tulip plans to end operations at its Freshway Chilled Foods unit in Wolverhampton, England. The move comes after the company failed to retain a food supply contract with The Foodservice Centre (FSC). Tulip has ...
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Scottish meat processor Malcolm Allan has opened a new processing plant in Larbert, Falkirk council, creating 35 new jobs. The new plant, which secures the future of 125 existing full time employees, will increase the company's capacity ...
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Cloud's Meats, Inc., of Carthage, MO, is voluntarily recalling beef and pork products that may possibly be contaminated with E. coli after positive test results in samples of items produced in mid-November. According to a Dec. 2 news ...
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Specialty food products distributor Chefs' Warehouse has acquired Allen Brothers, a US-based meat processor and distributor, in a $29.9m deal. Allen Brothers caters to about 400 of restaurants, hotels, casinos and country clubs as well as ...
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Meat processor Cranwick’s fresh pork business was “the stand out performer” in the firm’s interim results for the six months to September 30, says City analyst Panmure Gordon. Year-end debt Cranwick’s net ...
Silver Fern Farms, a New Zealand-based meat processor and marketer, is looking at options to shut its processing plant near Dunedin, Otago due to a drop in lamb slaughter operations. The move is expected to result in about 180 job losses. ...
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Minerva, a Brazil-based producer of beef, has entered into an agreement with meat processor BRF to acquire latter's beef division Newco Diviso de Bovinos. Under the terms of the agreement, Minerva will acquire assets and slaughtering and ...
JBS 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 ...
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Spanghero, the French meat processor that was linked to the horsemeat contamination scandal in Europe earlier this year, has re-opened with a new name - La Lauragaise. The company has been renamed after the region where it is located - in ...
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A majority shareholder is pressuring Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) to explore a breakup rather than go ahead with a planned USD 4.7 billion takeover by Chinese meat company. Activist investor Starboard Value LP said in a letter to the ...
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2 Sisters Food Group is considering a bid for Bernard Matthews, according to recent press reports. Speculation surrounds Bernard Matthews as the subject of potential takeover by 2 Sisters The meat processing group, which has hit the ...
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Dunbia's new £12M Llanybydder factory in Wales will help Sainsbury's plans to boost sales of British food, according to Justin King, ceo of the supermarket chain. Dunbia processes a range of red meats, including lamb "The new ...
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UK meat firm Cranswick is likely to reap strategic benefit from the merger of China’s largest meat processor and pig producer, Shuanghui International, with the world’s largest pork processor North America’s Smithfield ...