2014 Event Multiple U.S. food chains in China drop meat supplier Shanghai Husi after reports that the company used expired meat and unsanitary processing conditions; companies include McDonald's, Taco Bell, Burger King and Starbucks 2013 Event Shuanghui, a Chinese meat processing company, buys Smithfield Foods for $4.72 billion; Smithfield was the world's largest meat processing company 2013 Event In Bolivar, Venezuela, the country's government opens a granite processing plant, estimating it will provide 25% of the nation's granite requirements 1987 Event Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26 1983 Event Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility 1982 Event Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle 1715 Event 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
