The food processing industry is consistently an active category for M&A activity, and changes in consumer preferences have been driving the activity level even higher in recent years. The Food Institute reported in July 2015 that it had recorded 206 transactions, year to date. Even a slight...

In December 2003, mad cow disease was identified in the North American market, and the Japanese government immediately banned imports of U.S. beef for two years. The 2014-15 avian flu epidemic resulted in 17 percent of U.S. poultry either dying from the disease or being euthanized to halt its...