Meat & Poultry

A Brampton processing company is beefing up its sausage production courtesy of an $826,000 cash injection from Ottawa.  Parliamentary Secretary Pierre Lemieux, on behalf of federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced funding for Cardinal Meat Specialists Ltd., a local company that produces meat products for distribution to retail markets. …

For the first time in its history, Moo & Oink participated in the annual WGN Back-to-School Kid’s Fair, held Friday, Aug. 10, at the WGN Studios.Fairgoers took photos with Moo and his friend Oink, the official mascots of Moo & Oink. …

In separate letters sent yesterday, Governor Beverly Perdue (D-NC) and Governor Mike Beebe (D-AR) officially petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant a waiver from the ethanol quotas mandated by the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). …

Johnsonville Sausage, LLC, a Sheboygan Falls, Wisc. establishment, is recalling approximately 48,000 pounds of "Turkey Sausage with Cheddar Cheese" products because they may contain pieces of gloves, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. …

Wayne County officials said Wednesday that Sugar Creek Packing Co., a food manufacturer headquartered in Washington Court House, 30 miles south east of Dayton, Ohio, purchased the former Really Cool Foods plant and property during a bankruptcy auction in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana in Indianapolis Wednesday. …