Hudson Foods, Inc. was a meat processing company founded in Rogers, Arkansas in 1972.[1]
History
Hudson Foods was founded on February 2, 1972 by James T. "Red" Hudson,[2] who previously worked as a feed-store clerk for Ralston Purina before becoming vice president of the company's West Central division and had purchased part of the company's broiler operations.[1][3]
In 1997, the company was the subject of the largest food recall in the United States at the time, with over 25 million pounds of ground beef produced at the company's plant in Columbus, Nebraska recalled due to Escherichia coli O157:H7 contamination.[4]