Food & Beverage
February 25, 2008
The Associated Press reported that Watson Pharmaceuticals said recently federal regulators are inspecting a manufacturing site that has been under government scrutiny for several years.The Davie, Fla., facility has been
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February 25, 2008
More than a dozen Arkansas-based poultry companies have violated state and federal laws limiting the disposal of animal waste in the Illinois River watershed, argues Oklahoma''s attorney general.Oklahoma is requesting
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February 18, 2008
According to the Associated Press, a key House Democrat said recently that the head of the Food and Drug Administration should resign in the wake of a probe over an
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February 18, 2008
According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse
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February 11, 2008
According to the Associated Press, Tyson Foods Inc., the world''s largest meat company, said recently it would end beef slaughtering at its Emporia plant, cutting about 1,500 jobs, or more
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February 7, 2008
According to the Associated Press, the first warning sign came when a sharp-eyed worker sorting pills noticed that the odd blue flecks dotting the finished drug capsules matched the paint
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February 7, 2008
Tyson Foods Inc. said recently it will have to lay off an additional 200 to 300 workers at its Emporia beef plant as it completes its plan to restructure the
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February 1, 2008
The Associated Press reported recently that a federal appeals court upheld a jury''s finding that Wyeth Pharmaceuticals wasn''t liable in the case of a Little Rock woman who got breast
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February 1, 2008
Tyson Foods Inc. said recently it is partnering with a Chinese poultry breeding company to run a chicken processing plant near Shanghai, the Associated Press reported.Springdale-based Tyson announced at its
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January 29, 2008
Tyson Foods Inc., the world''s largest meat company, said recently it would end beef slaughtering at its Emporia plant, cutting about 1,500 jobs, or more than half its work force
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