USDA FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Chicken Noodle Soup Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen

May 4, 2020 USDA FSIS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert because RCK Foods, a Kenosha, Wis. establishment, sold 34,200 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken noodle soup products that were misbranded because they include ingredient labels meant for a different product.

French People are Being Told it’s Their Patriotic Duty to Eat More Cheese After Sales Have Slumped

May 4, 2020 Rachel Hosie, Insider

After a fall in sales due to COVID-19, the dairy industry has put out a collective call for French people to increase their consumption of brie, camembert, reblochon, and more.

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company supports the California Association of Food Banks. Launches Buy A Wedge / GIVE A Wedge

Throughout the month of May, every wedge of cheese purchased at www.pointreyescheese.com will generate a donation of an equal wedge to the California Association of Food Banks. The donation, in pounds of cheese equal to the amount the company sells via its direct-to-consumer retail channel, will be directed to Food Banks in the Bay Area.

Dean Foods Completes Sale of Assets to Dairy Farmers of America

May 4, 2020 Dean Foods Company

Dean Foods Company announced that it has completed the previously announced sales of substantially all of its assets, including the sale of the assets, rights, interests and properties relating to 44 of the Company’s fluid and frozen facilities to subsidiaries of Dairy Farmers of America.

Burnett Dairy Steps Up in Time of Need

The Burnett Dairy Cooperative has been busy helping local food banks and school children with the cheese.