The Canadian processor also provided fun facts to go with the announcement.

Response training for foreign animal disease outbreaks is a must.

About 11K lbs of product were suspected of containing the microorganism. 

The company plans to open 12 manufacturing plants over the next two years to increase capacity by 1.3 billion lbs.

John Adent will lead the combined company.

Green Circle Capital Partners focuses on meat alternatives and plant-based foods.

Rick Ferrante fulfilled his father’s dying wish with the return of his family’s sausage business – Encore Sausage Co.

A veteran journalist, John Herath will join the association Jan. 3.

Multiple industries work to eliminate or reuse processing waste worldwide.