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The International Association for Food Protection, Des Moines, Iowa, appointed Dr. Donald Zink as president.

Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, is investing approximately $65 million to upgrade its Madison, Ga., plywood operations, including a $26 million upgrade to the mill's veneer dryers.

Beef Products, Inc. (BPI), Dakota Dunes, S.D., will start collecting fresh beef trimmings at its Garden City, Kan., location, with an anticipated start date of Aug. 18.

ConAgra Foods' chief executive officer, Gary Rodkin, announced his intent to retire at the end of the company’s fiscal year in May 2015.

Frommelt Safety Products, a Milwaukee, Wis.-based division of Rite-Hite Doors, will change its name to Rite-Hite Machine Guarding, effective Sept. 1.

Rustic Crust, Pittsfield, N.H., is breaking ground on a new bakery and production facility on the site of the bakery leveled by fire earlier this year.

Golden State Foods (GSF), Irvine, Calif., acquired ownership of Snap Fresh Foods, a New Zealand-based provider of premium salad greens, vegetable mixes, baby-peeled carrots, fresh sprouts, dressings and condiments.

Upon the completion of its proposed merger with US Foods, Sysco Corp. named several senior-level executives.

Marcus Lemonis, star of CNBC's The Profit and chairman and CEO of Camping World and Good Sam Enterprises, acquired Little Miss Muffin, a Chicago-based commercial baker and co-packer of baked goods.

Nestlé USA, Glendale, Calif., announced plans to consolidate production of its HOT POCKETS brand sandwiches from its Chatsworth, Calif., facility to the Mt. Sterling, Ky., plant.