Meat & Poultry

Bill the Butcher Inc., a Seattle-based retailer that sells organic and natural grass-fed meats, has promoted Ross Arrington from Head Butcher and Buyer to Director of Operations. Arrington brings a lifetime of work that includes working in the meat department of large wholesalers and grocery chains including Associated Grocers, Safeway Inc. and Whole Foods. …

America’s #1 chicken sausage was recently named a winner in Cooking Light magazine’s 2010 Taste Test Awards for its Sweet Apple chicken sausage. Featured in the magazine’s October issue, Cooking Light’s Taste Test Awards celebrate a year-long search for the most delicious and nutritious food products from hundreds of brands in 50 bestselling grocery store and artisanal categories. …

A new industry is coming to Le Mars. North American Co-Pack Iowa, which may eventually employ as many as 100 people, will be producing pork products in the community. …

This fall, the NPB is encouraging parents to take advantage of cooking short cuts with a tasty, time-saving technique that practically does the work for you – slow cooking. To help spread the word and bring families to the table, America’s pork producers have partnered with actress and mother of three, Candace Cameron Bure of ABC Family Network’s hit show “Make It or Break It,” and Chef Hosea Rosenberg , winner of “Top Chef” (Season 5). …

Busy cooks can now enjoy the delicious taste of Butterball more easily with Butterballs new Ready to Roast Turkey. Available in Traditional Oven Roasted or Smoked Turkey, the varieties are frozen and packaged in a convenient oven-ready bag for easy serving from freezer, to oven, to table. …