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Hardee's and Carl's Jr. lean into plant-based meat

The plant-based trend used to be all about burgers. Now, it's breaking into breakfast.

DuPont nutrition unit to merge with IFF

DuPont is creating a new $45.4 billion consumer goods giant by merging its food and nutrition business with International Flavors & Fragrances.

An employee was shot and killed at a food-service container plant in Georgia, sheriff says

A worker at a food-service container plant near Atlanta was shot and killed Friday, and the shooter was later caught in Alabama, Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett said.

Octopus catches bald eagle in death grip

A team of salmon farmers are feeling pretty proud after they were able to rescue a bald eagle from an octopus off the northwest tip of Canada's Vancouver Island.

Americans weigh more this decade, but fewer adults want to lose weight

Exercise advice on food labels could help reduce obesity

Food labels detailing how much exercise is needed to burn off a product's calorie content could help to combat obesity, according to UK researchers.

Half a million pounds of pork products recalled

China plans to lift tariffs on some US soybeans and pork products

China is planning to exempt some US soybeans and pork products from tariffs, a move that could take some heat out of talks aimed at agreeing on a truce in the trade war.

How a Maine lobsterman got over Trump's China trade war

Two years ago, Maine Coast Company was shipping about 2 million pounds of live lobster -- worth $12 million -- to China annually.

Bacon and ready-to-eat turkey products recalled in 4 states

A Kentucky company is recalling bacon and ready-to-eat turkey products over misbranding and undeclared allergens.

China's pork crisis easing but price rises still possible

China says the worst of its pork crisis might be over, but some analysts say it's still too soon to give the all-clear.

Russian dairy farmers gave cows VR goggles

Virtual reality isn't just for video games anymore.

Half a million pounds of pork products recalled

A company is recalling more than half a million pounds of pork products because they were not inspected, officials said.

Snow crab sells for record-breaking $46,000 in Japan

A "five shining star" snow crab was auctioned off in Tottori, Japan for a whopping 5 million yen ($46,000) on November 7.

More than 2 million pounds of chicken products recalled

More than 2 million pounds of poultry products have been recalled in eight states over fears of contamination with foreign matter such as metal, federal health officials said.

China perfected fake meat decades before the Impossible Burger

When 29-year-old Wang Jianguang was growing up in a poor neighborhood in China's northern Shanxi province, his family would buy him chicken wings with soy sauce as a rare treat.

GrubHub getting crushed in food delivery wars

Competition is brutal in the food delivery wars, and now it is taking a severe toll on one of the pioneers in the business.

Chicken sandwiches taking over America

Months after this summer's brief but brutal fried chicken sandwich battle, rivals are diligently plotting to win the longer war.

Harvard researchers grew meat in a lab from cow and rabbit cells

A team of Harvard bioengineers took a major step in taking cultured meat from lab to table.

Recall: egg rolls, meatloaf, chicken pie

A North Carolina company has issued a recall on an undisclosed amount of chicken pie and meat loaf products because the labeling did not indicate they contain allergens.