Strategic Diagnostics’ RapidChek Awarded AOAC Certification

January 26, 2010 SDI

Improved test strip design helps improve the accuracy and time-to-result of pathogen testing required in the beef processing industry.

Canada’s Premium Brands Buys Meat Supplier South Seas

January 26, 2010 Isheeta Sanghi, Reuters

Canada’s Premium Brands Holdings Corp. has said it has acquired South Seas Meats Ltd, a Vancouver-based meat distributor.

Tyson Adjusts Growing Case-Ready Meats Business

January 25, 2010 Tyson Foods Inc.

The continued growth of case-ready beef and pork sales in the Southern U.S. has prompted Tyson Foods, Inc. to make some adjustments in operations, company officials reported today. The changes are expected to enable the company to make more effective use of its existing case-ready production capacity.

Merger Forms One Of The Largest Veal Organizations In US

January 25, 2010 Catelli Brothers, Inc.

Four companies Catelli Brothers, Delimax Veal Inc., NRV, and Specialty
Meats Inc. have merged to become one of the largest vertically integrated veal
organizations in the U.S.

Meat Safety: How Well Done?

Recent outbreaks and recalls have sparked new debate over how best to make beef and poultry safe and prompted the government to pledge stepped-up inspections and enforcement.