The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Washington, D.C., announced that Indiana has become the latest among a handful of states taking action to help provide new opportunities for small meat processing companies. Indiana has joined USDA’s Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.
The Hillshire Brands Co., Chicago, announced plans to discontinue all production at its Florence, Ala., facility, located at 700 S. Wood Ave., by Dec. 30.
Ohio Packing Co. announced that it will close its Columbus, Ohio, operations, effective April 14, and transition production from its Harvest, Family and Serv-Mor brands, as well as its private label business, to Blue Grass Quality Meats, Crescent Springs, Ky.
To meet consumer demand in the growing turkey burger category, Cargill’s Honeysuckle White and Shady Brook Farms brands now include six varieties of premium frozen turkey burgers.
Last year, the International Poultry Expo, International Feed Expo and International Meat Expo integrated their trade shows as the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE).
The meat industry is under the microscope following the latest product recall scandals. To help global meat processors pass such scrutiny, Eagle Product Inspection, Tampa, Fla., created advanced fat analysis and contaminant detection technology.
The International Poultry Expo celebrated 65 years of continuous exhibition services to the poultry industry by integrating International Feed Expo (IFE) and American Meat Institute’s (AMI) International Meat Expo (IME) into one show—the International Production & Processing Expo.