Meat & Poultry

Farmland’s PREMIUM FARMS line of All Natural Fresh Pork has expanded to include seven exciting new items: Boneless Top Round Roast, Boneless Loin, Half, Strap-off, Frenched Rack of Pork, Boneless Sliced Loin, Tenderloin, Picnic Short Shank and Picnic Short Shank in Half. …

Tyson Foods Inc. swung to a record fiscal first-quarter profit as margins surged
and the meat packer saw strength in its long-troubled chicken operation. …

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation today reported net income of $33.6 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, on net sales of $1.6 billion for the quarter ended December 27, 2009. …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has refused to approve carcass
irradiation, a processing technology that could make meat, especially ground
beef, safer, according to the North American Meat Purveyors Assn. …

Delegates to the 2010 American Veal Association (AVA) annual meeting adopted
a statement of ethical principles and code of conduct as a way to articulate
veal industry principles and confirm an industry commitment to veal raised
right. …