Kansas City, Mo. – Interstate Bakeries Corp., maker of Hostess Twinkies and Wonder Bread, said Monday it has been unable to reach an agreement with the Teamsters union after reaching an agreement with its other major union. The Kansas City-based company, which has a plant in Denver, has been operating under bankrupcty protection for about three years. It has until Friday to file its own reorganization plan with the court. If Interstate Bakeries doesn’t meet that deadline, other parties, including its lenders and creditors, can propose reorganization plans. The Associated Press
U.S. meat “safest in world,” says ag official
Washington – The nation’s meat supply is “the safest in the world,” a U.S. agriculture official said Monday, seeking to reassure consumers following the recall of 21.7 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Dr. Rich ard Raymond, the Agriculture Department’s undersecretary of food safety, said that while an investigation found inadequate E. coli safety measures at the Topps Meat Co. plant in New Jersey, where the beef was processed, the government was on top of the problem. The recall came after more than a dozen people in eight states fell sick and several were confirmed as having gotten E. coli from Topps products. Other cases are under investigation.
– The Associated Press
