McDonald’s has amended its board, the fast-food chain said, and the director being replaced had been targeted by activist investor Carl Icahn who sought to tighten the company’s animal welfare policies.
Australia and New Zealand said they were aware of Chinese media reports of a ban on meat imports from both countries by Beijing but had not received any official notice and shipments had been clearing as normal.
China is on track to be the leading international buyer of U.S. ag products for a third consecutive year. Much of the boost can be attributed to significantly higher prices this year versus last.
Tyson Foods Inc, one of the largest U.S. meat producers, is refusing to comply with a subpoena for a civil probe into possible price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic, New York’s attorney general said.
Three of the largest U.S. poultry processors have agreed to settle claims by the Justice Department over their alleged longstanding effort to share information about workers in order to drive down compensation.
Truckers protesting California’s new “gig worker” law blockaded the state’s third-busiest seaport for a second day on Thursday, stalling agricultural exports and threatening to worsen U.S. supply chain backups.
Viral fragments of foot and mouth disease were detected in meat goods that came into Australia recently from Indonesia and China, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt told a news conference on Wednesday.
China’s second-quarter pork output climbed to 13.78 million tonnes, according to calculations based on official data released on Friday, the highest level for the period since at least 2015.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that some tariffs under USMCA could immediately be suspended, as he visited the White House to meet U.S. President Joe Biden.
