Hormel Foods Corporation (“Hormel”) has been sued by Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. (“Unitherm”) for misappropriating trade secrets relating to the method of pre-cooking sliced bacon. The suit has been filed in a Minnesota Federal Court in front of the presiding U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson.  Unitherm is a manufacturer of machines used for producing food products, while Hormel  is a producer of lunch meats.

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