Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC broke ground on a new $35 million refrigerated distribution center at its Arkansas City, Kan., headquarters facility.

Corona, Calif.-based Envolve Foods has recalled more than 292,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and beef products that contain a vegetable that may be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes.

Companies selling chips and treats for lunchboxes offered back-to-school packages with space for parents to write notes to their children, with an option to add braille stickers on Rice Krispies Treats.

UK-based Thomas Fawcett & Sons Ltd was searching for a more efficient system to pack pale ale malt into 772-lb. to 2,205-lb. bulk bags before shipping them.

ZEGO now offers QR codes on its fruit-and-seed bars and snack mixes with the results of tests checking for traces of the widely used weedkiller glyphosate, which is under scrutiny in court.

Though Cyclospora outbreaks in the US happen less frequently than those caused by typical pathogens, the recent salad mix outbreaks occurring in July and August of this year have a familiar ring.

Announcements about new food and beverage plant construction projects, plant renovations and plant expansions.

Announcements about new hires, staff promotions, association news, awards, mergers and acquisitions.

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) has proposed a decrease in the assessment rate for oranges and grapefruit grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.

The FDA has announced the availability of draft guidance for industry entitled “Supplemental Questions and Answers Regarding Food Facility Registration.”