Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG — industrial gas suppliers to the food processing industry through a range of applications — have ended merger discussions.

MIH Marketing and Sales of Beebe, AR is recalling more than 662,000 pounds of various meat and poultry products.

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.