Ag in the News

06/04/2010

National and International

Allen’s Family Foods sells poultry plant to Amick Farms
Seaford, Del.-based Allen's Family Foods Inc. is selling its big bird poultry complex in Hurlock, Md., to Amick Farms LLC as both companies advance their strategic business plans. MORE!

Research indicates new approach to preventing E. coli in cattle
Disrupting the way E. coli O157:H7 colonize in the gastrointestinal tracts of cattle might be a new method of preventing people from getting sick after eating undercooked meat or produce, research conducted by scientists at the University of Idaho indicates. MORE!

AMI and PMMI form strategic partnership
PMMI, the producer and owner of PACK EXPO, and the American Meat Institute, which sponsors and produces the International Meat, Poultry and Seafood Industry Convention and Exposition, announced a new strategic partnership. MORE!

Former AMI exec dies
A. Dewey Bond, former senior vice president of the American Meat Institute, passed away recently in Great Falls, Va., where he had lived for many years. He was 87 years old. MORE!

Summit to focus on consumers’ trust in food
The fifth annual Food System Summit, co-sponsored by Center for Food Integrity (CFI) with the National Council of Chain Restaurants (NCCR) and the International Food Information Council (IFIC), will focus on the theme, "Consumers Today: 'Can We Trust Our Food?'" The event is scheduled for October 5-6 at Chicago's InterContinental O'Hare Hotel. MORE!