Meijer Supermarket Celebrates Super Bowl With Wisconsin Cheese Carving

February 13, 2012 Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board

Meijer Supermarket, Wisconsin Cheese and expert cheese carver Sarah “The Cheese Lady” Kaufmann celebrated the recent Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis with 300 pounds of Cheddar sculpted to commemorate the football festivities.

Geissler's Is First In Nation To Use New OnVu Temperature Labels

Geissler’s shoppers will be the first in the United States to be able to purchase meat products with labels featuring the OnVu® intelligent indicator, the companies announced Thursday.

NMA & NAMP Make New Association Official

The National Meat Association (NMA) and the North American Meat Processors Association (NAMP) made their consolidation into a new association official, the two associations announced in a joint statement.

WI Firm Recalls Cooked Pork Hocks For Misbranding & Undeclared Allergen

February 13, 2012 USDA FSIS

Han Yang Inc., a Milwaukee, Wisc., establishment, is recalling approximately 25,600 pounds of cooked pork hocks because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products contain wheat, a known allergen, which is not noted on the label.

CFIA: Bunches Of Fenugreek Leaves May Be Contaminated With A Toxic Weed

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Fruiticana Produce Inc. are warning the public not to consume certain bunches of Fenugreek leaves because they may be contaminated with a toxic weed Senecio vulgaris.