The International Production and Processing Expo has extended the deadline for application submissions for young leaders.

In an effort to streamline operations, the the company will close seven plants in the US and Canada during the next one to two years.

The company announced its intentions to move to 100 percent cage-free eggs for all of its US operations by 2020.

More than 300 food safety executives gathered in Beijing this week for the fourth annual GFSI Focus Day China.

JBS USA Pork finalized its acquisition of Cargill’s US-based pork business for $1.45 billion.

Three more final rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) were submitted by FDA to the Federal Register this week.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has closed 43 stores in the Pacific Northwest in response to an E. coli outbreak.

More than 70 of the US’s leading food and agricultural associations have sent a letter urging Congress to include the Safe, Flexible and Efficient (SAFE) Trucking Act, H.R. 3488 as an amendment to the highway reauthorization legislation, which is expected to be brought before the full House of Representatives this week.

After returning products to select markets in August, Blue Bell Creameries announced it has started phase two of its plan to reintroduce its ice cream into 15 states.