GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29 (UPI) -- Countries in Europe, Asia and South America, anxious about the swine flu outbreak, have banned pork imports despite assurances that consuming pork is safe.
SMITHFIELD, Va., April 28 (UPI) -- U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. says it has not found any signs that a swine flu outbreak is connected to its two Mexican plants.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. nutrition specialist says shoppers should not refrain from buying pork products because of the current swine flu outbreak.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 28 (UPI) -- A Purdue University veterinarian says flu viruses are named for the first animal in which they are found; the current swine flu was discovered in pigs in 1930.
BUCHAREST, Romania, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- An outbreak of swine fever in a western Romanian farm, belonging to a U.S. meat processor, has forced authorities to kill about 20,000 pigs, media said Monday.
TARHEEL, N.C., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- More than 500 workers at a huge North Carolina food processing plant were on strike Friday, Facing South reported.
SMITHFIELD, Va., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Smithfield Foods Inc., which is based in Virginia, said Monday it paid $571 million to buy the branded meats business of ConAgra Foods Inc.
SMITHFIELD, Va., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Virginia's Smithfield Foods Inc. is paying $810 million to buy Premium Standard Farms Inc.
SMITHFIELD, Va., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Virginia-based Smithfield Foods Inc. said Thursday it agreed to buy the Cook's ham business of ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods Company Inc.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) --
