FDA has awarded $21.8 million to support 42 states as they begin to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act.

The expansion provides a 50 percent increase to current kettle-cooked capacity, resulting in an additional 100,000 pounds of finished product per week.

Growth is largely expected to come from developing countries in the Asia-Pacific and Eastern European regions.

Hormel Foods Corporation CEO Jeffrey M. Ettinger will retire at the end of October, the company announced this week.

Filling what the company referred to as “geographic white spaces,” Mondelez announced the major expansion will include pairing its Oreo brand with Milka.

Missouri-based Post Holdings, Inc. has agreed to acquire National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc. (NPE).

In order to accommodate its business growth throughout the Americas, Mettler Toledo’s product inspection division announced it will build a new state-of-the-art facility in the Tampa, FL region.