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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.

Establishing a framework to tackle issues related to industrial systems cybersecurity, the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International announced it has opened its Cybersecurity Working Group to global manufacturers/producers and solution providers.

The World Health Organization has clarified the results of last week’s report which said the consumption of processed meats such as hot dogs, bacon and deli meats increases the risk of cancer—and eating red meat probably causes cancer as well.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. said Monday it has reached an agreement to sell majority of its private label operations to TreeHouse Foods for approximately $2.7 billion.