Fair Oaks Foods, based in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., broke ground Sept. 1 on its latest $134 million bacon production facility.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture reported detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a backyard flock in Ashland County and a commercial flock in Defiance County.

A Valdosta, Ga., establishment, Sunset Farm Foods Inc., is recalling approximately 4,480 lbs of chicken and pork smoked sausage products that might be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically blue plastic, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Tyson Foods Inc. announced on Sept. 7 that it would commit $2.5 million to address food insecurity by partnering with Feeding America member food banks to provide greater access to protein in communities facing hunger. 

Last week, Representative Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) and 34 other members of Congress sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to postpone a USDA poultry plant safety study deadline of Sept. 1.

Foster Farms stated that on Sept. 11 the company would increase its entry-level wage to $17.30 per hour at its Farmerville, La., poultry processing plant from the current start rate of $12.70 per hour.

Plant-based protein brand Unmeat, a subsidiary of Century Pacific Food, Inc., Manila, Philippines, has launched its new fish-free tuna.

St. Louis, Mo.-based Volpi Foods is celebrating its 120-year anniversary this fall and will be kicking off the instore and online promotions Sept. 7 on National Salami Day.

The US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) will temporarily pause publication of weekly export sales data, FAS Administrator Daniel Whitley announced on Aug. 31.