2015 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is banning artificial trans fats from all foods and beverages; the ban will go into effect in 2018 2015 Event H.J. Heinz Co and Kraft Foods Group Inc. will merge to form the third-largest global food company, Kraft Heinz Co.; the merger will be financed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Jorge Paulo Lemann's 3G Capital 2013 Event Shuanghui, a Chinese meat processing company, buys Smithfield Foods for $4.72 billion; Smithfield was the world's largest meat processing company 1997 Event U.S. government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out 1990 Event Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity 1950 Event General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist 1947 Birthday Peter Hinchcliffe, co-founder, Iceland Frozen Foods 1946 Birthday M C Walker, CEO, Iceland Frozen Foods 1945 Event Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends 1930 Birthday Don Tyson, founder, Tyson Foods 1893 Event Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat 1832 Birthday Philip Danforth Armour, founder, Armour Foods
