Manda Packing Recalls Roast Beef Deli Meat For Possible Listeria Contamination

April 11, 2013 USDA FSIS

Manda Packing Company, a Baker, La., establishment, is recalling approximately 20,166 pounds of cooked roast beef deli meat due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.

Alpina Expanding After Only Seven Months

After just seven months in business, a yogurt company in Batavia is expanding. YNN's Rose Eiklor has more on Alpina Foods' quick expansion.

Sargento Foods Hires Melanie Milslagle, Promotes Bill Schaeffer

April 11, 2013 Sargento Foods Inc.

Sargento Foods Inc. announces the promotion of Bill Schaeffer to vice president of sales within the Food Ingredients Division. Sargento also announces the hiring of Melanie Milslagle as consumer insights manager in the Consumer Products Division.

Grocers Stretch Formats To Match Shoppers' Budgets, Time Needs

In this period of economic and demographic fluctuation, U.S. retailers are simultaneously stretching and shrinking their stores to promote convenience for shoppers and compete with online options, according to What's in Store, the annual trends publication from International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association™.

Wheat Foods Council Points Out Inaccuracies In National Geographic Article

The Wheat Foods Council (WFC) is taking National Geographic to task for numerous inaccuracies about wheat, wheat breeding and celiac disease in an article entitled “Gut Reactions” appearing in the April 2013 issue. In a letter to editor Chris Johns on behalf of the WFC, Dr. Brett Carver, Wheat Genetics Chair at Oklahoma State University and chair of the US National Wheat Improvement Committee, characterized the article as “a very one-sided, inadequate coverage of an extremely complicated issue.”