Meat & Poultry

Warren Panico has been selected as the new president and CEO for Bar-S Foods. He is taking the place of Tim Day, who will remain as chairman of the board. Day has been with Phoenix-based Bar-S Foods since the company was founded in 1981. …

JBS USA, a leading animal protein processor in the U.S. and Australia, manager of the XL Foods facility in Brooks, Alta., Canada, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Brazil-based JBS S.A., today announced William Van Solkema as president of JBS Canada, effective immediately. …

Johnsonville Sausage broke ground Dec. 4th on an expansion project at its rural Sheboygan Falls headquarters that’s expected to create about 35 jobs and lead to an entirely new product line at the company. …

The United States must bring its country-of-origin meat labeling rules into compliance with a earlier World Trade Organization ruling by May 23, 2013, according to a WTO decision on Tuesday, the Canadian government said. …

After months of preparation, the Sunnymel plant in Clair in the Upper Madawaska, New Brunswick, which is jointly owned by Groupe Westco, the largest poultry producer in New Brunswick, and Olymel, a leader in the Canadian food processing industry, started production operations Nov. 30th. …