Year: 2011

Thrushwood Farms Quality Meats Inc., a Galesburg family business entering its 33rd year, is exploring options to expand its operations and revamping its website. The federally inspected plant sells its meat products to retail stores and offers private labeling. …

JBS SA, the Brazilian meat processor, may make a new offer for Sara Lee Corp. after its bid last month was rejected as too low, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. …

Heritage breeds are all the rage among the nation’s ever-growing number of pork aficionados, and nothing epitomizes this blast-to-porcine-past greater than the beasts on this fascinating Houston, Minn., spread. …

The ground beef patties were produced by Columbus Meat Market Inc., 906 W. Randolph, Dec. 27, 2010, and shipped to food-handling establishments in the Chicagoland area. Each package label on the suspect patties bears the establishment number “EST. 755” and an identifying pack date of “12/27/10.” The contamination was discovered through IDOA microbiological sampling, which confirmed a positive result for E. coli O157:H7. …