President Donald Trump said the bans, which include Somalia and Afghanistan, are for security purposes, but legal immigrants worry about how it will affect them.
The Golden Valley-based company's pet food brand is entering a fast-growing refrigerated dog food category later this year with its Love Made Fresh line.
Ettinger was chief executive at the Austin, Minn.-based food company from 2005-16. His second term will last through October 2026 and will partly focus on mentoring likely successor John Ghingo, Hormel's current retail head who is becoming president.