Meat & Poultry

An annual nationwide study reveals that 7 percent of Americans report spending more than 10 hours each week cooking outdoors during their “grilling season.” With this, almost half (49 percent) of all study respondents cite that they grill or smoke-cook year-round, including 37 percent at or below freezing temperatures. …

Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has elected two new members, Richard T. Crowder, Professor of International Trade at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Margaret G. Lewis, President of HCA’s Capital Division, effective March 9, 2011. …

Two Sysco foodservice houses in the Carolinas will begin providing customers with the best beef in the world just in time for spring. Sysco Charlotte and Sysco Raleigh recently became the 116th and 117th distributors in the country to carry the Certified Angus Beef brand, offering everything from premium steaks to premium
grinds. …

More than 240 beef industry leaders, researchers and government officials joined together March 2-4 in Dallas, Texas, to investigate ways of further increasing the safety of beef products. Attendance at the 9th Beef Industry Safety Summit, funded in part by the beef checkoff, was a new record. Participants included those closely involved with producing a safe beef supply and welcomed the venue for learning more about the status of U.S. beef safety and sharing their own ideas and thoughts for how to best minimize human health risks associated with the food consumers eat. …

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