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Lakeside Foods Acquires Manitowoc Wisconsin Cher-Make Sausage

Lakeside Foods acquires Wisconsin-based Cher-Make Sausage Co.

September 24, 2021

Lakeside Foods, a leading frozen and canned foods manufacturer, is purchasing Cher-Make Sausage Co., a 93-year-old sausage maker that produces summer sausage, hot dogs, ring bologna and bratwurst at its Manitowoc-based plant in Wisconsin. The deal is set to close on 9/27/21.

PepsiCo, Beyond Meat establish The PLANeT Partnership

Joint venture to introduce new plant-based protein offerings

Sharon Spielman

January 26, 2021

PepsiCo, Inc., and Beyond Meat, Inc., have announced they will form The PLANeT Partnership, LLC (TPP)—a joint venture to develop, produce and market snack and beverage products made from plant-based protein.

Hungry Planet partners with Post Holdings

Plant-based meat company meets consumer packaged goods holding company

Sharon Spielman

January 25, 2021

Hungry Planet Inc., a plant-based meat company, has announced a partnership with Post Holdings, Inc., a consumer packaged goods holding company.

New Plant Products

Trayed packaging for raw foods

April 23, 2020

ULMA FS-400 flow wrapper is designed to produce cost-effective packaging for raw food products that often vary in size and shape.

New Plant Products

Packaging for meat, poultry

March 16, 2020

The UMLA FS-400 flow wrapper is designed specifically for the fresh poultry and meat packaging market segment.

How is the chicken industry keeping up with the latest consumer trends? Ask farmers.

Back to basics

Megan Pellegrini

August 16, 2019

There's no denying the popularity of chicken. According to the USDA, total chicken per capita consumption should reach 94.3 pounds in 2019.

Food Safety

Bison burger recalled for possible E. coli linked to illness outbreak

Frozen ground meat imported from Canada

Rose Shilling

July 17, 2019

Northfork Bison Distributions Inc. recalled ground bison and patties imported from Canada that are linked to a multistate E. coli outbreak.

Regulatory Watch

Shared regulatory approach for livestock, poultry cell-cultured products

May 20, 2019

USDA's FSIS and FDA released a formal agreement to address the regulatory oversight of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry, which describes the oversight roles and responsibilities for both agencies and how they will collaborate to regulate the development and entry of these products into commerce.

Manufacturing News

Cell-cultured meat concerns

Wayne Labs

May 17, 2019

USDA and FDA held a joint public meeting on the use of cell culture technology and discussed the technology, its theory, application and issues.

Food Safety

Regulators analyze whether 2 ground beef recalls are related to E. coli outbreak

Colorado Premium Foods recalled beef from restaurants; Grant Park Packing recalled product for institutional use

Rose Shilling

April 25, 2019

Two companies recalled large amounts for ground beef for possible E. coli, and public health officials are testing the meat to find out whether it’s linked to an ongoing E. coli outbreak. The USDA warned that additional product may be recalled in the continuing investigation.