Wider use of evidence-based food safety interventions on farms and feedlots would significantly reduce the risk of people getting sick from contaminated meat and poultry, according to a report released The Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia.

Eagle Product Inspection, Tampa, Fla., unveiled the RMI 400 x-ray machine for the poultry industry.

Butterball, LLC, Garner, N.C., expanded its United States Cold Storage facility in Warsaw, N.C.

This study demonstrates how a full integration of CAT Squared’s costing system enables a return on investment of less than just a few months.

About half of U.S. consumers are satisfied that animals raised for food are treated appropriately under current practices and regulations, and only one in five either somewhat or strongly disagree that food animals are treated appropriately.

US Foods, Rosemont, Ill., announced plans to acquire FirstClass Foods, a privately owned meat manufacturing company based in Hawthorne, Calif.

Sanderson Farms, Inc., Laurel, Mass., signed an agreement to continue processing chickens grown by House of Raeford Farms, Rose Hill, N.C., at Sanderson Farms’ St. Pauls, N.C., poultry processing facility.