Custom Corned Beef Recalls Pork Products, Possible Listeria Contamination

May 3, 2010 USDA FSIS

Custom Corned Beef, Inc., a Denver, Colo., establishment, is recalling approximately 460 pounds of fully cooked crumbled pork sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced May 1.

The Start Of The Breakfast Alphabet: “A” Is For “Applewood”

May 3, 2010 Farmland

Looking for bacon with a distinct, delicious flavor? Look no further than Farmland Applewood Smoked Bacon.

Walmart And Sam’s Club Require Enhanced Beef Safety Measures

April 30, 2010 Walmart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced today that it will implement additional beef safety measures designed to further protect customers against foodborne illnesses. The new process controls standards and goals are additions to a food safety program that already requires ground beef suppliers to test for E.coli O 157:H7 and achieve prevention-based certification against one of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) internationally recognized standards.

Brief-National Pork Board: Cochise Pork Producer Provides Input On Checkoff Programs

Betsy Beck a pork producer from Cochise, Ariz., served as a delegate at the Pork Act Delegate assembly March 4-6 in Kansas City, Mo. Beck was named a delegate by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The delegates are charged with helping to provide direction to the pork promotion, research and consumer information programs that are funded by the Pork Checkoff through the National Pork Board.

Sanderson Farms Soars To All Time High

April 30, 2010 Eric Fox, Investopedia

Sanderson Farms stock has fully recovered from the bear market and has broken through to a lifetime high, powered by continued monthly price gains. Is there anything left on the upside for this stock?