Whether Fido’s food is made from all plant-based ingredients, a flexitarian’s mix of plant- and animal-derived ingredients, insect-based or with lab-grown meat, processors and those who supply the equipment to make non-traditional pet food have their work cut out for them.

The USDA releases a plan to reduce Salmonella infections from meat, poultry and eggs.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed an alliance with the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) to provide information, guidance and access to training resources for protecting workers in the meatpacking and processing industry from exposures to the coronavirus.

Conagra Brands Inc. expanded a recall of Healthy Choice bowls after more complaints about small rocks in the frozen meals, withdrawing about 275,000 pounds of product in this round.

Conagra Brands recalled about 130,000 pounds of frozen Healthy Choice bowls with chicken that may be contaminated with small rocks.

Rastelli Bros. Inc. recalled about 130,000 pounds of raw, organic ground beef that may be contaminated with plastic, the USDA announced.

Simmons Prepared Foods Inc. recalled about 2 million pounds of chicken that may be contaminated with metal, the USDA announced.

Public health investigators have not identified a common supplier of ground beef that’s the likely source of a salmonella outbreak in six states.