Dairy

Dean Foods (NYSE: DF), a leading dairy company in the United States and a global leader in soy products, today announced that Joseph Scalzo, currently Chief Operating Officer (COO), has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. …

The National “got milk?” Milk Mustache Mobile Tour is crossing the country from March to September to help celebrate those special moments that families share around the dinner table and show moms that serving milk at dinnertime is an easy, and affordable, way to help make sure their families get the nutrition they need. …

David Dietz refers to the eggs he sells at Central Market in York city as happy chicken eggs. “We let the chickens have pasture,” he said. “We have a pretty healthy flock with a varied diet.” He said he did not hear about the half-billion egg recall affecting several states until some of his regular customers mentioned it to him last weekend. …

Wholesale egg prices are up about 40% since the start of a major recall, and consumers will likely see increases at the store, too, industry analysts say. …

Food safety regulators don’t expect any more recalls after last week’s withdrawal of about 550 million eggs from the U.S. market, but inspections are still going on following a salmonella outbreak traced to two Iowa farms, federal officials said Monday. …