Demand for meat, poultry and seafood packaging is forecast to increase 3.2% annually to $9.7 billion in 2017, according to “Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging,” a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc.
Working as a committee within the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based group of representatives from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the European Union and the United States began work that will lead to GRSB's definition framework for sustainable beef.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Hong Kong-based Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. entered into a definitive merger agreement that values Smithfield at approximately $7.1 billion.
NBO3 Technologies, Manhattan, Kan., and Kansas State University created GreatO Premium Ground Beef, what is said to be the first and only USDA-labeled ground beef product naturally abundant in Omega-3 fatty acids.
Caviness Beef Packers, Hereford, Texas, announced plans to grow its beef business through the acquisition of San Angelo Packing Co., San Angelo, Texas.
Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) 4010 EP Food Label from Checkpoint Systems, Inc., Thorofare, N.J., earns certification as microwave-safe from TUV Rheinland, a testing and certification group based in Germany.
JBS USA, a Greeley, Colo.-based animal protein processor and wholly-owned subsidiary of Brazil-based JBS S.A., announced the intent of its Canadian subsidiary, JBS Food Canada Inc., to purchase certain Canadian operations of XL Foods, effective Jan. 14.
Harvest Meat Co., Inc., a San Diego, Calif.-based distributor of protein products to retail and foodservice customers, acquired certain distribution assets from Randall Foods, Inc.
