The foodservice division of Hormel Foods, Hormel, Minn., introduced a new line of Fire Braised Meats, including Boneless Pork Shoulder, Boneless Chicken Thigh and St. Louis Style Pork Ribs.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Hong Kong-based Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. entered into a definitive merger agreement that values Smithfield at approximately $7.1 billion.
Premium Standard Farms, LLC, a unit of Smithfield Foods’ hog production subsidiary, Murphy-Brown, changed its name to Murphy-Brown of Missouri, LLC, effective immediately.
Responding to consumers’ desire for minimally-processed, pre-sliced meats, Columbus Foods, Hayward, Calif., expanded its Farm to Fork Naturals line to include several grab-and-go salames and a new pre-sliced salame variety.
NBO3 Technologies, Manhattan, Kan., and Kansas State University created GreatO Premium Ground Beef, what is said to be the first and only USDA-labeled ground beef product naturally abundant in Omega-3 fatty acids.
Caviness Beef Packers, Hereford, Texas, announced plans to grow its beef business through the acquisition of San Angelo Packing Co., San Angelo, Texas.
Butterball, LLC named Prime inc. as the Butterball Carrier of the Year for 2012. Prime inc., Springfield, Mo., has been serving Butterball as a valued partner since Butterball’s inception in 2006.