Pierre Foods Closing Rome Plant
Cincinnati-based Pierre Foods makes cooked beef, pork, chicken, turkey, peanut butter and bakery products will shutter its manufacturing plant in Rome, Ga., and cut 350 jobs. …
Meat & Poultry
America’s Meat Preferences Change Slowly
The consumption of lamb and goat is going up in the United States. Those who raise these small herbivores have a strong market that has been profitable for several years. The United States produces such a huge amount of beef, pork and poultry that the market for meat of this type pales in comparison. Why has it been so low for so long? …
Small Meat Processors Worried By Tougher Federal Testing Regulations
As steaks and hamburger patties were packaged Wednesday at B&R Quality Meats on Park Road, owners Mark Ratkovich and Dennis Brennan said retail prices will increase and profits decrease to comply with tougher meat testing regulations suggested by the federal government. If the rules are implemented, it would cost them tens of thousands of dollars. …
Montclair Meat Recalls Ground Beef, Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Contamination
Montclair Meat Co., Inc., a Montclair, Calif., establishment is recalling approximately 53,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. …
Sampco, Inc. Recalls Beef Products, Potential Animal Drug Contaminant
Sampco, Inc., a Chicago, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately 87,000 pounds of beef products that may contain the animal drug Ivermectin, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. …