Meat & Poultry

Cargill has asked a panel of experts in food safety, microbiology and epidemiology to review its enhanced ground turkey food safety program in the wake of the company’s Aug. 3, 2011, voluntary recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey. Cargill initiated the recall after learning that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control had detected an outbreak of Salmonella-related illnesses. …

Silva Sausage Co., a Gilroy, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 28,782 pounds of chicken sausage products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The products contain the undeclared allergen, cultured whey, an ingredient in the spice blend, which is not noted on the label. …

Opened in 1948, Goffle Road Poultry Farm is among North Jersey's best-known farms; it's held in high esteem by home cooks and restaurant chefs alike for its naturally raised, antibiotic-free, cage-free birds fed a high-protein, soybean-based diet. …

In November the retired supermarket company executive and Mankato resident will be inducted into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame, which annually honors leaders from all sectors of the livestock, meat and poultry processing industries. …

The No. 4 U.S. chicken producer said demand at grocery stores for its products held steady during the quarter, but demand in its food service unit, which serves restaurants and other institutions, was "sluggish" and will remain so as long as unemployment remains high. …