Longtime Flint, MI Sausage-Maker Wins Top Award

August 10, 2015 Shandra Martinez, MLive

The nearly century-old Koegel Meats of Flint is another being highlighted by Michigan Grocers Association with the 2015 Al Kessel Outstanding Achievement Award. The iconic Michigan family business was nominated by its longtime customer Hollywood Markets in Troy.

Smithfield Foods Honors Its Facilities & Employees For Their 2014 Sustainability Achievements

August 10, 2015 Smithfield Foods

Smithfield Foods, Inc. has recognized a number of its facilities and employees for their successful efforts during 2014 in promoting and achieving excellence across its sustainability pillars – environment, animal care, food safety and quality, employees, and communities – through innovative projects that protected natural resources and achieved other company goals.

Victor's Market Company Recalls Chicken Products Due To Misbranding

August 10, 2015 USDA FSIS

Victor’s Market Company, a Hawthorne, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 7,368 pounds of chicken products due to misbranding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products were slaughtered under religious exemption which was not declared on the product label.

Shinoda Foundation Invests In Horticulture's Future With $22,000 In Scholarships & Grants

The Shinoda Foundation has awarded its annual scholarships, recognizing horticulture’s best and brightest students. This year’s awards included seven scholarships plus grants to colleges and universities, all totaling $22,000.

Great Trade Expectations Behind US-Ethiopia Trade Relations

August 10, 2015 Brook Abdu, All Africa

In 2000, AGOA came into effect making Ethiopia the 18th beneficiary of 39 countries eligible for the duty-free and quota-free American market, aimed at improving the trade and investment between Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States. Ethiopia was made eligible for the export of 1,800 products to the United States Market. The products include textiles, leather products and footwear, home furnishings and cut flowers. But Ethiopia exported only 132 items of which 85pc are textiles.