JBS said it plans to double the processing capacity and workforce at its Campo Grande II facility in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, which will make it the largest beef plant in Brazil.
The processor of pre-sliced deli meats and value-added meat items said it would start producing hard salami again as part of its premium product range.
Hormel Foods Corp. became the latest pork producer to reach a settlement regarding the ongoing allegations of a price-fixing conspiracy in the industry.
The first topic the trade association addressed was how it hoped that legislation to reverse Prop 12 would soon pass along with the scheduled Farm Bill.
The company said it already received USDA approval to use the Regenerative Agriculture claim on its packaging for products currently distributed through retail chains across the country.
Poultry processors Mountaire Farms and Case Farms agreed to pay a combined $22 million to settle claims of suppressing labor competition and lowering workers’ wages at facilities.
