The government said today that it would ask a judge to review whether ConAgra Inc., the second-biggest United States food company, threatened employees who tried to organize a union at its beef-packing plant in Omaha. The National Labor Relations Board said it would pursue a complaint filed by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which said in June that Con Agra videotaped organizers and threatened to confiscate union materials. ConAgra denied that it interfered with organizing efforts.
Ivey, Mark. "HOW CONAGRA GREW BIG--AND NOW, BEEFY." Business Week (18 May 1987): 87-88. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Rice Library, Evansville, IN. 11 Aug. 2008 <https://login.lib-proxy.usi.edu/login url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=18663168&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site>.
The article presents Con-Agra Inc. chairman Charles Harper's strategic plan for the Omaha, Nebraska-based diversified food company's profits and growth. The plan includes acquisition of beef producer Monfort of Colorado Inc., maintaining an average 23 percent return on equity, and masterminding the turnaround of troubled businesses.
"Tyson must stop advertising chicken as "raised without antibiotics"." Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 232.12 (15 June 2008): 1790-1790. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Rice Library,Evansville, IN. 11 Aug. 2008 <https://login.lib-proxy.usi.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32632530&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site>.
The article reports on a U.S. district court's ruling that Tyson Foods must stop advertising its retail chicken as "raised without antibiotics." The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved the label in May 2007 but later withdrew approval after reconsidering the fact that Tyson's chicken feed include ionophores, antimicrobials not in use in human medicine. Tyson's competitors Sanderson Farms and Perdue Farms filed suit to stop Tyson's marketing campaign.
Etter, Lauren. "Tyson Pulls Antibiotic-Free Label." Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition 251.129 (03 June 2008): B2. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Rice Library, Evansville,IN. 11 Aug. 2008 <https://login.lib-proxy.usi.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32587648&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site>.
The article reports that Tyson Foods Inc. voluntarily withdrew the antibiotic-free label for its chickens awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (DA) in December 2007. The announcement was made on June 2, 2008 and reported that this move is due to uncertainty and controversy over product labeling regulations and advertising claims. The Department reportedly demanded that Tyson remove the label or clarify it.
Benli, H., et al. "Biomechanical and microbiological changes in natural hog casings treated with ozone." Meat Science 79.1 (May 2008): 155-162. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Rice Library, Evansville,IN. 11 Aug. 2008 https://login.lib-proxy.usi.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=30020370&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
The objective of this study was to determine the biomechanical and microbiological effects of exposing natural hog casings to ozonated water ≈7mg/l for 0, 2 or 4h at 16°C.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. "Tennessee: Tyson Lawsuit Is Thrown Out." New York Times (15 Feb. 2008): 20. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Rice Library, Evansville, IN. abbreviation]. 11 Aug. 2008 https://login.lib-proxy.usi.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=29441737&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit that accused Tyson Foods Inc. of hiring illegal immigrants to depress wages. The judge, Curtis L. Collier of Federal District Court in Chattanooga, on Wednesday granted the company's motion for a summary judgment in the 2002 suit. The suit by four employees sought compensation, contending the Arkansas company violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act by hiring illegal immigrants who were willing to work for wages below those acceptable to Americans. The judge's order said ''plaintiffs failed to demonstrate Tyson was harboring or concealing illegal aliens'' at its plants.
"ConAgra Foods, Inc.; ConAgra Foods Announces New Licensing and Capabilities Agreement with the Procter & Gamble Company. " Biotech Week 16 Jul 2008: 2848. Health Module. ProQuest. David L. Rice Library, Evansville, IN. 11 Aug. 2008 <http://www.proquest.com/>. Under the terms of the agreement, ConAgra Foods will be P&G's exclusive licensee for a variety of P&G food ingredient and processing technologies, including nutrition-enhancing ingredients like Calcium Citrate Malate, trademarked Calsura. In addition, ConAgra Foods will receive access to various packaging capabilities and technologies owned by P&G. These food and packaging technologies will have application within a broad spectrum of current ConAgra Foods branded products. Additionally, ConAgra Foods will have the option to purchase all rights to certain technologies covered by the license.
"Movers: UBS, UPS, Kodak, ComScore, Kroger, ConAgra, Dow Chemical." Business Week Online (25 June 2008): 18-18. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 11 Aug. 2008
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. "ConAgra to Sell Trading Group; Quarterly Profit Up 60%." New York Times (28 Mar. 2008): 5. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 11 Aug. 2008
Danny Duncan Collum. "Our Fast-Food Empire. " Sojourners Magazine 1 May 2006: 41. Humanities Module. ProQuest. David L. Rice Library, Evansville, IN. 11 Aug. 2008
Bryant, Rachel, and Lauren Dundes.. "Fast food perceptions: A pilot study of college students in Spain and the United States." Appetite 51.2 (Sep. 2008): 327-330. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Rice Library, Evansville, IN. 11 Aug. 2008
Comparing survey data of college students from Spain and the United States provides insight into how perceptions about fast food are culture and gender-specific. More American college males (61%) considered value (amount of food for the money) to be a priority than did other respondents (35%) and relatively few American college males (29%) cited nutritional status as important (versus 60% of other college respondents). Convenience of fast food is more important to Americans (69%) than Spaniards (48%) while more Spanish college students (49%) than Americans (18%) objected to the proliferation of fast food establishments in their own countries.
BENJAMIN WEISER. "Word for Word/Fast-Food Fracas; Your Honor, We Call Our Next Witness: McFrankenstein." New York Times (26 Jan. 2003): 5. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Rice Library, Evansville, IN. 11 Aug. 2008
THE national psychodrama over obesity and fast food took an intriguing turn last week when a federal judge in Manhattan threw out a lawsuit that accused the McDonald's Corporation of deceiving its consumers about the high levels of fat, sugar, salt and cholesterol in its products. The 64-page ruling was notable not just for what McDonald's called its ''common sense'' approach, but for its suggestion that an alternate legal strategy might allow the plaintiffs to try again. The suit, which sought class-action status on behalf of the millions of children and teenagers who regularly eat at McDonald's, sought to hold the chain liable for obesity and other illnesses in young people. In dismissing the suit, the judge, Robert W. Sweet of Federal District Court, said there was no evidence McDonald's had concealed information about the ingredients of its products. He also said it was widely known that fast food, and McDonald's products in particular, contained potentially harmful ingredients.
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