Maple Leaf/Greenleaf/Lightlife will spend $100 million for a closing food plant; Shelbyville plans put on hold.
Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief
01/14/2021
A European regulatory agency has approved the use of insects as food, clearing the way toward ultimate acceptance.
Pan Demetrakakes, Senior Editor
01/13/2021
The North American Meat Institute reports that meat and poultry worker coronavirus cases were five time lower In December than they were in May.
Erin Hallstrom, Director, Digital Strategy
01/13/2021
Pilgrim’s Pride has agreed to pay $75 million to some of its former customers as part of a settlement in a price-fixing case.
Pan Demetrakakes, Senior Editor
01/11/2021
Japan's high population density and low self-sufficiency in food production make it a good target for cultured meat.
Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief
01/11/2021
Impossible Foods is engaging in a new round of price-cutting, trying to bring its plant-based analogue burger patties closer to the price of real beef.
Pan Demetrakakes, Senior Editor
01/06/2021
A wrongful death lawsuit against Tyson Foods is moving back to state court after a federal judge rejected Tyson’s claims of federal jurisdiction.
Pan Demetrakakes, Senior Editor
01/05/2021
A former Tyson Foods plant manager says that betting on how many employees would contract COVID-19 was intended as a “fun” way to “boost morale.”
Pan Demetrakakes. Senior Editor
01/04/2021
Specialty pork cuts, especially boneless hams, are in shorter than usual supply this holiday season, partly due to meatpackers’ struggles with the pandemic.
Pan Demetrakakes, Senior Editor
12/23/2020
The plant-based meat manufacturer announced it will be launching its portfolio of plant-based meat alternatives in the United States in Q1, 2021 in conjunction with Real Vision Foods of California.
Erin Hallstrom, Director of Digital Strategy
12/22/2020
Burke Corp., a subsidiary of Hormel Foods, announced the opening of its new 210,000 square-foot expansion at its facility.
Erin Hallstrom, Director of Digital Strategy
12/16/2020
Aleph Farms visit is part of a national policy to establish Israel as an alternative protein leader.
Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief
12/11/2020
A British company is planning to start production soon in what will become Europe’s largest plant-based food processing facility.
Pan Demetrakakes, Senior Editor
12/10/2020
Target Corp. has joined the group of food retailers and restaurant chains charging the nation’s largest poultry processors with price-fixing.
Pan Demetrakakes, Senior Editor
12/10/2020
JBS USA is preemptively sending home at-risk workers from a beef processing plant in Colorado that has seen an outbreak of COVID-19 cases.
Pan Demetrakakes, Senior Editor
12/04/2020
Chicken nuggets from U.S. firm Eat Just will be allowed whenever they become available.
Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief
12/03/2020
Thousands in annual labor march decry ractopamine in arriving U.S. pork.
Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief
11/23/2020
Joint venture with France's InnovaFeed will create world’s largest insect protein facility for animal feed in Decatur, Illinois.
Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief
11/19/2020
The company will demonstrate and cook its product at a Singapore show this month; moving closer to mass production.
Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief
11/19/2020
