Archives for September 25, 2013

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Shareholders give go-ahead for Smithfield-Shuanghui deal

By RJ Whitehead

By calling it a “great transaction” for shareholders, farmers and agriculture in the United States, Smithfield Foods chief executive Larry Pope couldn’t have been more ebullient now his shareholders have rubber-stamped Shuanghui’s takeover of the...

China bans import of Australian chilled beef

By Ankush Chibber

China has moved to ban the imports of chilled beef from Australia citing food safety concerns, according to media reports in China and Australia.