Meat & Poultry Briefs: All-natural pork processorHeritage Acres FoodsLLC, Jefferson City, Mo., agreed to lease a Pleasant Hope, Mo., hog processing plant that was shuttered in July byTai Shin FoodsUSA. Heritage CEO Joe Maxwell told theSpringfield (Mo.) Business Journalhis company plans by January to resume processing at the 100,000-sq.-ft. site. Heritage Acres also will move its headquarters to Pleasant Hope and develop the operation as a Midwest distribution center for organic pork and beef. . . .Petit Jean Poultry Inc., Arkadelphia, Ark., plans to close its Danville, Ark., processing plant on Jan. 31, 2009, according toAssociated Pressreports. Officials said the shutdown will affect nearly 500 workers and is tied to the loss of a processing contract with Tyson Foods. Petit Jean cited the same problem when it closed a Buffalo, Mo., plant earlier this summer.
