Meat & Poultry

The Bloom grocery chain, part of Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion, is aiming to catch shoppers by the nose by wafting black pepper and charcoal smells from the base of a sign along River Highway (N.C. 150) in Mooresville. …

The nation’s attention to salt shows no signs of letting up. Leading health organizations like the Institute of Medicine are calling on the FDA to set formal sodium standards. The FDA has outlined a plan for proposed regulation and some food producers have already pledged to reduce sodium content. But consumers are impatient for action. …

A Brooklyn Heights Key Food that has been repeatedly accused of changing the sell-by date on meat is off the hook this week after the state revealed that the relabeling practice is completely legal. …

The company said in a statement that the tentative sale to Amick Farms, LLC, includes the company’s Hurlock processing plant, the Hurlock hatchery and the Delmar, Del., feed mill. Amick will retain all employees and growers of these three facilities. All other Allen’s employees and growers will remain with Allen’s. …

U.S. cattle futures turned lower near midday on Thursday after setting a two-week high as profit-taking and a downturn in the stock market pressured contracts. …