Hormel Foods Corporation, Austin, Minn., said Robert A. Tegt, group vice president at Hormel Foods and president of Jennie-O Turkey Store Inc., will retire effective Dec., 31, 2011.

Georgia Governor  Nathan Deal said FPL Food, LLC, will build its third facility, a beef processing operation, in its hometown of Augusta, Ga.

Case-ready meats processor Vantage Foods Inc., Calgary, AB, said it purchased a building and 13-acre site in Belleville, Ont., to process retail ready fresh meats.

National processed meats supplier Bar-S Foods, Phoenix, said it named Warren Panico as president and chief operating officer effective immediately.

Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, Wichita, Kan., is recalling approximately 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg.

Global meat and poultry processor Keystone Foods, West Conshohocken, Pa., said it promoted Chief Operating Officer Larry S. McWilliams to president and CEO.

Hormel Foods Corp. Austin, Minn., said it promoted Robert G. Samples to vice president of sales and marketing at Farmer John, a Vernon, Calif., subsidiary.

The Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel reported that duck processor Maple Leaf Farms, Milford, Ind., expects by October to relocate its corporate headquarters to a renovated former elementary school in Leesburg, Ind.

Canadian meats processor and bakery giant Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto, said it entered into a new, four-year (C)$800 million revolving credit facility with a syndicate of Canadian, U.S. and international institutions.

Pork and turkey processing giant Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., said it recognized several food industry suppliers with its "Hormel No. 1 Award."