Meat Industry Insights Newsletter by Stevens Publishing Company

AUGUST 2000

000880 USDA On Track to Overhaul Meat Inspection
000879 Seaboard Farms Finds Site for New Hog Plant
000878 Rules Force Schools to Deal with Meat Shortages
000877 Smithfield Buys 6.3% Stake in Rival IBP
000876 Farm Group Asks for Probe of Smithfield-IBP Deal
000875 Antioxidant Wrappers Help Preserve Meat
000874 White Castle Sings Happy Birthday for Food Safety
000873 Russia Plans Big Meat Import Cuts
000872 HomeGrocer.com Approves Webvan Merger
000871 "Fresher Under Pressure" Process Kills Pathogens
000870 SureBeam Signs Another Electron Beam Client
000869 Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Cheese Franks
000868 Sizzler Completes Oscar's Acquisition
000867 IBP Gets "Buy" Rating from Midwest Research
000866 Sanderson Farms Reports Third Quarter Results
000865 C&F Packing Co. Sues Pizza Hut Over Sausage Recipe
000864 Study: Kids Need Meat to Avoid Learning Impairment
000863 McDonald's Toys Produced in Sweatshops?
000862 Meatpacker Tied to Milwaukee E. Coli Death
000861 Is Low-Fat Diet Good For Kids?
000860 McDonald's to Farmers: "Be Kind to Hens"
000859 WLR Foods Reports Quarter and Year Results
000858 Sizzler Reports First-Quarter Earnings and Sales
000857 Smithfield Foods First-Quarter Earnings Soar
000856 Doctors Decry Misleading Meat 'Safety' Program
000855 Union Sues Smithfield for "Unfair Interference"
000854 ConAgra May Have Threatened Workers
000853 Burger King Requests Dismissal Chick-fil-A Lawsuit
000852 Cross Contamination Led to Restaurant Outbreak
000851 Excess Residue May Require Carcass Destruction
000850 Lean Hog Future Prices Rise
000849 Hormel Profits Miss Estimates
000848 Citizen-to-Be Clinton Lunches at McDonald's
000847 Trade Spat Looms Over British Pork
000846 Certified-Trichinosis-Free Pork Program Planned
000845 Faster, Safer Meat Inspection Touted
000844 PETA Protests Hits Democrat Convention in LA
000843 Argentina Halts US Beef Exports
000842 KFC Kids Meals Toys Recalled
000841 USDA: Farmers To Have Record Crop
000840 "Mad Cow" Worries Tapering Off
000839 Value Holdings to Acquire MGI Packers
000838 Pork Producers Await Referendum
000837 Pork Rind Making American Comeback
000836 Scientists Test E.Coli Vaccine on Cattle
000835 IBP-Owned Canadian Company Recalls Ground Beef
000834 McDonald's July Sales Rise 5 Percent
000833 "New Image" Burger King Unit Opens in Miami
000832 Vegetarian Mothers Have More Girls
000831 Lean Hog and other Livestock Prices Sink
000830 USA Restaurants Serving Up More Ethnic Fare
000829 Cargill Income Triples; Beef Strong
000828 Popeyes to Develop 35 Restaurants in Australia
000827 Seafood is the Biggest Cause of Food Poisoning
000826 Red Oak Ships Cooked Beef in Club-Sized Package
000825 Accomplishments of HACCP Based Models Project
000824 NY Firm Recalls Meat Products for Listeria
000823 E. Coli Cases in Milwaukee Reach 64
000822 Montreal McDonald's Employees Attempt to Unionize
000821 Did Smithfield File Proper COO Disclosure?
000820 Experimental E. Coli Drug Sent to Milwaukee
000819 Judge: Kosher Laws Unconstitutional
000818 USDA Says HACCP System Has Improved Safety
000817 FSIS Responds to Inaccurate Press About HACCP
000816 Franchisees Critical of Burger King's New President
000815 Pork Producers Encouraged to Vote in Referendum
000814 Consumers Endorse Irradiated Meat in Florida
000813 Livestock Production Features On DirectAg.com
000812 Online Marketplace Launches in Chicago Area
000811 Checkers Turns it Around; Income Highest Since 1993
000810 Hundreds of Tons of Ground Beef Recalled
000809 Wendy's Net Up, Raises 2000 Earns Goal
000808 Jack in the Box Earnings Up 20%
000807 Midwest Hog Packers Set Downtime to Stem Losses
000806 Who's Eating Healthy? Survey Finds Many Men
000805 From Mad Cow to Mad Sheep?
000804 NH Firm Recalls Ground Beef for Possible E.Coli
000803 US Reassures Consumers on Meat Safety
000802 Tyson Profits Down on Poultry Oversupply
000801 Durango Steak House Appoints President and COO

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