Hayward, Calif. –based Columbus Foods launched Farm to Fork Naturals, a line of premium specialty meats that are minimally processed with no added nitrites or nitrates, and made from hogs and turkeys humanely raised on family farms.
The John Morrell Food Group, owner of Smithfield Foods and the Eckrich brand, rolled out a new deli meat line with each of the five products either covered in bacon or infused with bacon.
Specialty meats processor Columbus Foods, Hayward, Calif., said it will spend $7 million and install a reconfigured ammonia refrigeration system at its South San Francisco, Calif., facility.
Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice officials said they settled a three-year case involving South San Francisco, Calif., food processor Columbus Manufacturing Inc.