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SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marfrig Group (Bovespa: MRFG3), one of the largest producers of beef and beef by-products in Latin America, announced today that it has acquired the Pemmican beef jerky brand and related production equipment from ConAgra Foods, Inc. through its subsidiary Mirab USA Inc. for USD 25 million in cash. Marfrig and ConAgra Foods have also entered into a sales and distribution agreement for the 5 years up to 20th July 2013 under which ConAgra...
OMAHA, Neb. - Nebraska Beef Ltd. said Thursday it was greatly expanding a recall of ground beef that was sold in some Mid-South Kroger stores. The move came after federal investigators linked Nebraska Beef's products to an outbreak of E. coli illnesses affecting 41 people in Michigan and Ohio. As a result, the company is expanding an earlier recall of 531,707 pounds to include all 5.3 million pounds of meat products it produced for ground beef between May 16 and June 26. The Food Safety...
By Karen Gaudette, Seattle Times Jul. 4--Don't complain about overcooked burgers at your July Fourth gatherings this weekend. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has expanded a June 30 recall of Nebraska Beef products after an outbreak of E. coli in the Midwest, and now says tainted meat and trimmings could be in other products that don't bear markings consumers can check. The packaging of potentially tainted meat bears the marking 'EST 19336.' But some of that 5.3 million pounds...
By Baylie Davis, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle Jul. 3--CHEYENNE -- Cases of E. coli illness in Michigan and Ohio have prompted The Kroger Co. to recall ground beef products from King Soopers and City Market stores in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. Three types of ground beef have been recalled: -- Angus ground beef sold at full-service counters -- where customers buy custom amounts from a person behind the counter -- with "sell by" dates between June 20 and July 3. -- One-pound...
By Bailey Davis By Baylie Davis bdavis@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Cases of E. coli illness in Michigan and Ohio have prompted The Kroger Co. to recall ground beef products from King Soopers and City Market stores in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. Three types of ground beef have been recalled: - Angus ground beef sold at full-service counters - where customers buy custom amounts from a person behind the counter - with "sell by" dates between June 20 and July 3. -...
By Sarah Tompkins, Detroit Free Press Jun. 25--The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a recall of an undetermined amount of ground beef products sold at Kroger stores with sell-by dates between May 21 and June 8 because it may contain E. coli bacteria that has stricken at least 35 people. No fatalities have been reported, though one Michigander was hospitalized for kidney failure and later released. The recall by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service includes all...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3fb827/fresh_processed) has announced the addition of the "Fresh & Processed Meat in China 2008 - A Market Analysis" report to their offering. This report on the meat market in China deals with the ongoing developments as the market restructures. The report deals with both foreign involvement in the sector, local initiatives and production. REPORT COVERAGE This report covers the market for fresh and processed meat in...
AUSTIN, Texas, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whole Foods Market , the world's leading natural and organic foods supermarket, is proud to announce the return of the beloved Jarlsberg cheese, which will be available in June at stores company-wide just in time for Father's Day backyard barbecues. Jarlsberg (pronounced Yarls-berg) is a semi-firm Norwegian cheese that is Emmentaler in style and made from part skim cow's milk. Jarlsberg Returns For five years, Jarlsberg wedges, a longtime...
Federal meat regulators this month are soliciting public comments on a label they believe will better define "natural" meat. The label, dubbed "naturally raised," would attest that a cut of meat came from an animal free of antibiotics and growth hormones. Here's a comment from Urvashi Rangan, a senior scientist at Consumers Union: "It's not quite as bad" as regulators' definition of "natural" itself. Ouch. Welcome to the complicated battleground over a...
American Food Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AFHD) is pleased to announce that Dennis Reinhold, CEO of American Food Holdings, Inc., was featured on Traders Nation (http://www.tradersnation.com) June 22th. The interview was hosted by Kurt Schemers and aired live at 11:40 a.m. EDT on radio stations throughout the country. Mr. Reinhold spoke about the recent events regarding the expansion of the Company's BEEF JERKY OUTLET(TM) stores. Other topics covered in the interview included an overview of...
