An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-led team completed a comprehensive life-cycle analysis quantifying the resource use and various environmental emissions of beef cattle production in the United States.

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., Ridgefield, Conn., acquired Bassian Farms, Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based specialty protein manufacturer and distributor.

Private equity firm Mason Wells, Milwaukee, Wis., sold Eddy Foods, Inc. (also known as Eddy Packing), Yoakum, Texas, to Insight Equity III LP, Southlake, Texas.

In September 2018, Wolverine asked the food team from Linde LLC, Bridgewater, N.J., to investigate a chilling-related packaging issue. By December 2018, Wolverine not only had a solution, but also one that yielded multiple advantages.

Buzz Foods, Charleston, W.V., announced an economic development project to begin in the Kanawha Valley in West Virginia.

Sam Kane Beef Processors, LLC, Corpus Christi, Texas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

FoodMaven, Colorado Springs, Colo., acquired Anderson Boneless Beef, Peyton, Colo., as part of an ambitious expansion plan for 2019.

Aleph Farms Ltd., Israel, partnered with Technion--Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, to develop what is said to be the first cell-grown minute steak.

McDonald’s, Chicago, announced an antibiotic use policy to reduce the overall use of antibiotics, as defined by the World Health Organization.