Ag in the News

11/04/2009

National and International

Fine, hiring overhaul allow poultry company to avoid trial on immigration charges
Columbia Farms and its parent company, House of Raeford Farms, agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine and overhaul hiring practices on Tuesday just hours before a criminal trial was set to begin on federal immigration charges against the processor. MORE!

Kraft Foods reports solid third-quarter results
Kraft Foods on Tuesday reported third-quarter profits that beat analysts' estimates and forecast increased full-year earnings results, despite a 5.7 percent drop in net revenue, the company's fourth consecutive quarterly miss in revenues. Kraft cut its full-year sales forecast. MORE!

Price Chopper names VP of meat merchandising
Larry Ritzert has been named vice president of meat merchandising at Price Chopper Supermarkets/Golub Corp., Progressive Grocer reported. MORE!

Emeril details new burger restaurant
Chef and television personality Emeril Lagasse announced he will name his new burger restaurant Burgers and More — or BAM, after his well-known catchphrase — and aims to achieve a middle ground between bargain burger offerings and extremely expensive gourmet burgers, Lagasse said at a press conference earlier this week, as reported by Nation's Restaurant News. MORE!

FSIS promotes booklet and DVD about listeria reduction on RTE products
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service is promoting its free publication and DVD, "Implementation of a Post-Packaging Heat Treatment to Reduce Listeria monocytogenes on Ready-to-Eat Products for Very Small and Small Establishments." MORE!