Meat Industry Insights Newsletter by Stevens Publishing Company

FEBRUARY 1998

980282 Thorn Apple Valley Cuts Hog Slaughter this Week
980281 Cloning Technology Will Soon Benefit Beef
980280 Congress Ignoring Food Safety Issues
980279 Soccer Club Sell Player For Meat
980278 Poor Food Handling Spreads Poultry Bacteria
980277 Red Oak Hereford Farms Enters Agreement with Beef Jerky Company
980276 IBP and Foodbrands America Announce Tender Offer
980275 U.S. Food Safest in World, USDA's Glickman Says
980274 Maple Leaf Foods Threaten to Shut Plant
980273 Cattleman to Appeal Verdict in Winfrey Lawsuit
980272 Ag Official Says Trial Showed Beef Safe
980271 Pork Producers Promise Protect Environ
980270 Cattlemen's Association Statement On Cattlemen vs. Oprah Winfrey
980269 Rally's Brings Back the Spicy Chicken Sandwich
980268 WLR Foods Completes Refinancing Plan
980267 McDonald's Brings Home the Bacon With New Sourdough Bacon Burger
980266 Checkers, Rally's Join With WSMP to Launch Retail Sandwich Lines
980265 Bacteria Found In Chicken, Consumer Group Says
980264 U.S. Consumer Prices Unchanged in January
980263 United Heritage Says Increased Beef Sales Help Oil Activities
980262 Oprah Winfrey's Lawyers Rest Case in Meat Lawsuit
980261 Companies Pay $58.5M Settlement in Jack in the Box E-Coli Case
980260 Checkers Offers "New" Sandwich for a Limited Time: Sirloin Burger
980259 Farms, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results
980258 Farm Fresh Receives Confirmation of its Reorganization
980257 Rally's Announces Chief Officer; Corrects Results
980256 USDA Sees US Ag Exports Rising to $84.3 Billion by 2007
980255 Tyson Foods Target of $3 Billion Lawsuit
980254 U.S. Poultry Consumption To Top Red Meat In 2004
980253 USDA to Issue Meat Reworking Guidelines in March
980252 USDA Cuts FY98 Forecast of US Ag Exports to Korea
980251 Bob Evans Farms Announces 1998 Third Quarter Results
980250 Checkers Shows Improved 1997 4th Quarter and Year End Results
980249 Proper Carving the Key to Better Tasting Meals
980248 Wendy's Reports 1997 Results & 80th Consecutive Dividend
980247 Sara Lee Says May Increase Share Buyback
980246 Food Lion Asks Judge to Dismiss Shareholder Suit
980245 ConAgra Shares Fall Amid Wave of Downgrades
980244 Foster Farms Responds to Article About Poultry Safety
980243 California Poultry Producers Respond to Consumer Article
980242 Texas Judge Throws Out Part Of Oprah Meat Lawsuit
980241 WTO Entry Seen Devastating Taiwan Poultry Industry
980240 Taiwan Pact Gives US Pork Immediate Access
980239 NPPC Welcomes USDA $30 Million Purchase of Pork
980238 Ansett Airlines Introduces Subway Sandwiches
980237 Fletcher's Fine Foods Announces Three Strategic Initiatives
980236 Sanderson Farms, Inc. Appoints New Directors
980235 NPPC Welcomes Administration's Clean Water Action Plan
980234 Koo Koo Roo Reports Preliminary Results for The Quarter
980233 Smithfield Foods Reports Record Third Quarter Earnings
980232 EU Looks to Seal Meat Trade Pact With U.S. Soon
980231 Cattle-Fax Sees Profits For US Cattlemen In '98-99
980230 Consumer Group Pushes For U.S. Food Safety Law
980229 USDA's Glickman Defends Packer-Funded Inspections
980228 NFPA Petitions USDA On Irradiation Labeling Requirements
980227 New Zealand Meat Board Voices Protest at Canada Beef Plan
980226 Shift in U.S. Beef Sales to Japan Stirs Hope
980225 Vaccine May Combat Deadly E. coli
980224 Chicken Back on Menu In Hong Kong
980223 Oprah Says She Has No Beef With Beef Industry
980222 McDonald's to Buy Stake in Mexican Food Chain
980221 U.S. Cattle Feedlots Seen Turning to Consolidation
980220 Richfood Holdings, Inc. Declares Third Quarter Dividend
980219 Tyson Foods, Inc. Offers $100 Million in Fixed Rate MOPPRS
980218 Smithfield Foods Issues $200,000,000 Senior Subordinated Notes
980217 Back Yard Burgers Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-end Results
980216 Ranchers to NCBA: Support Anti-Monopoly Reforms
980215 Irradiation Technology Debated in War Against Food Diseases
980214 Ozone for Bacterial Control Being Tested by Major Meat Plants
980213 Co-Defendant Takes Stand In Oprah Trial
980212 New Taxes on Foods 'Aren't the Way to Go To Fund Food Safety
980211 Merger Activity Among Food Firms Reaches Record-High Level
980210 Tyson Foods, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results
980209 Three Conagra Beef Plants To Take 3-Day Shutdown
980208 Bob Evans Farms Declares Quarterly Dividend
980207 WLR Foods Reports Second Quarter Results
980206 Clinton Seeks Rise in Food Safety Budget
980205 Nathan's Famous Reports Third Quarter Results
980204 Richfood Holdings Announces Record 3rd Quarter Net Earnings
980203 WLR Foods Announces Marshville Plant Conversion
980202 International Home Foods to Acquire Unilever's Puritan Stews
980201 Main Street Capital Acquires Steak-Umm Producer

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