Meat Industry Insights Newsletter by Stevens Publishing Company

MAY 1999

990575 Consumers & Companies Battle Over Meat Labels
990574 IBP Says Madison, NE Pork Plant Shut
990573 Memorial Day Launches 7 Billion Hot Dog Season
990572 Livestock Price Reporting Bill Runs Into Snags
990571 Price Reporting Creates Equity for Pork Producers
990570 EU's Brittan Sees "Small" Compensation in Beef Row
990569 Ground Beef Recalled in New York State
990568 US Meat Rules May See NAFTA, WTO Challenge
990567 New Zealand Turns Up Heat in USA Lamb Fight
990566 Tyson to Sell Seafood Division
990565 High-Speed Food Menu for Web Users
990564 Australia Chides U.S. Over Lamb Imports
990563 Dave Thomas Marks 10th Year As Wendy's Brand Icon
990562 White Castle Donates Hamburgers to Local Charities
990561 USDA Targets Deadly Bacteria in Hot Dogs & Meat
990560 Meatpackers & Farmers Agree on Price Reporting
990559 USDA Won't Rule Out Safety Labels For Meat
990558 Glickman Says USA & EU Should Tone Down Rhetoric
990557 USA Trade Negotiator Blasts EU On Beef
990556 Sanderson Farms Reports Second Quarter Results
990555 USDA Mulling Lamb Meat Purchases
990554 NZ Lamb Producers Expect Clinton to Limit Imports
990553 Vlasic's Loss Grows After Sale Of Beef Unit
990552 SYSCO to Acquire Buckhead Beef Company
990551 EU Hopes Talks Will Avert U.S. Beef Sanctions
990550 Taiwan Makes WTO Concessions On Farm Imports
990549 Titan Signs New Electronic Pasteurization Customers
990548 US Threatens $202 Million Duties In EU Beef Row
990547 America's Meat Temperature IQ Needs Improvement
990546 Consumer Prices Jump in April
990545 Memorial Day Largest Beef Day of the Year
990544 NC Plant Recalls Packaged Meat
990543 U.S. Nears Retaliation In EU Beef Dispute
990542 Smithfield Agrees to Mexico Pork Joint Venture
990541 Gov't to Help Ailing Bison Industry
990540 Hardee's Has New Burgers and New Advertising
990539 Canada to Ask to Retaliate in EU Beef Fight
990538 Georgia & Arkansas Rivals in Poultry Business
990537 Thorn Apple Valley Restructures Sales
990536 Burger King Plans 500 European Restaurants
990535 Foods Giant ConAgra to Cut Jobs
990565 USDA to Drop Some Pre-HACCP Meat Plant Rules
990564 Congress Passes Assistance For Pork Producers
990563 Hormel Second-Quarter Net Income Up 21%
990562 USDA Holds Meeting on Russia Beef Aid
990561 U.S. Says Labeling Could End Beef Hormone Spat
990560 Antibiotics In Meat May Lower Resistance
990559 USDA to Ease Import Rules For Mexican Poultry
990558 Terrace Food Group First Quarter Revenues Up
990557 Chinese Eating More Eggs & Meat
990556 Drug-Resistant Germs Linked to Antibiotics In Poultry
990555 U.S. Tender For Russia Pork Aid to Come "Any Day"
990554 HomeGrocer.com Announces Investment from Amazon.com
990553 McDonald's Names CEO Greenberg as Chairman
990534 Meatpackers Make Deal on Immigration Crackdown
990533 U.S. Meat Packers Didn't Depress Prices
990532 Smithfield and Carroll's Now the Largest Pork Processor
990531 USA-Russia Meat Aid Still Being Fine-Tuned
990530 U.S. Accuses EU Of "Misleading" Hormone Report
990529 Ag Co-ops Farmland & Cenex Plan to Merge
990528 U.S. Tells EU to Take Politics Out of Beef Battle
990527 Maple Leaf Foods Posts Record First
990526 Soy-Based Boca Burger Asks: Y2Soy?
990525 All American Meats Recalls Beef
990524 Canada Welcomes U.S. Decision on Cattle Exports
990523 Pork Chops are Show-Stopping Meal on the Grill
990522 Disease-Free Argentina Eyes Top Asia Beef Markets
990521 Tyson Profit Nearly Triples As Sales Slip
990520 NC Pork Council Comments on Public Health Survey
990519 US Repeats Vow To Retaliate Against EU Beef Ban
990518 GourmetMarket.com Offers Premium Food, Including Meat
990517 Jack in the Box Reports 56% Earnings Growth
990516 Cargill, Continental Prospects Dimming
990515 IBP Beef Pricing Suit Goes Ahead
990514 Momentum Builds for Meatpackers to Reveal Prices
990513 Tyson Foods Reports 2nd Quarter Results
990512 EU Says Beef Hormone Can Cause Cancer
990511 Senators Urge Retaliation In EU Beef Spat
990510 US Pork Group Drafting Price Reporting Bill
990509 Origin of Food on Labels Pushed
990508 Where's the Freshest Food? In Your Mailbox?
990507 Farmers Want to Produce Spring Lamb
990506 A&W Introduces New Big Beef Hamburger
990505 Canada Sets Winnipeg Costco Beef Warning
990504 Detailed Food Safety Programs Not Enough!
990503 Sara Lee Hires Food Safety Expert
990502 FDA Approves Fat-Blocking Diet Drug
990501 Russia Suspends Thorn Apple Valley Imports

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