Latest Meat Processing Headlines
All the headlines from our Meat Processing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Massachusetts Man Killed at Seafood Processing Plant
Jun 8 2009 // Federal workplace safety regulators are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man at a food processing plant in Fall River, Massachusetts Police say Justin Cordeiro, an employee at Blount Fine Foods, died from injuries...
Agriculture Secretary Visits Neb. Meat Plants, Says U.S. Beef Generally Safe
Jul 10 2008 // The U.S. agriculture secretary expressed confidence in the nation’s food safety system, but said the meat processing industry will always face challenges because the bacteria that animals carry evolves. “I...
Reversal in Decision for Pork Plant Workers Denied Workers’ Comp
May 5 2008 // Several employees at the Quality Pork Processors plant in Austin, Minn., who were initially denied workers’ compensation for a mysterious neurological illness will be paid after all, attorneys said. At least 18...
Reversal Decision for Pork Plant Workers Denied Workers’ Comp
Apr 24 2008 // Several employees at the Quality Pork Processors plant in Austin, Minnesota who were initially denied workers compensation for a mysterious neurological illness will be paid after all, attorneys said. At least 18 workers...
Alabama Poultry Processor Recalls Giblets after USDA Inspection
Mar 19 2008 // A north Alabama poultry firm has voluntarily recalled about 943,000 pounds of various fresh and frozen poultry giblets and fresh carcasses with giblets inserted, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced, citing a...
N.C. Poultry Industry Workplace Safety Prompts Federal Hearings Plans
Feb 19 2008 // U.S. Senate and House committees are planning hearings on worker safety in the poultry industry following a report by The Charlotte Observer on House of Raeford, congressional leaders and aides said. “All Americans...
Report: Meat Plant Reduced Inspections Prior to Recall
Oct 24 2007 // In the months before issuing a massive recall of its frozen hamburgers, Topps Meat Co. curtailed testing of ground beef and skipped other safeguards aimed at preventing contaminated meat from reaching consumers, according...
Class Action Suit Filed Against N.J. Meat Plant, Markets
Oct 5 2007 // As government scientists searched for the source of a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to frozen hamburgers, a class-action lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the New Jersey producer of the patties and supermarkets that...
Recall: Meat Distributor Blames E. coli Contamination on Slaughterhouse
Apr 26 2007 // The company that distributed hamburger patties believed to have sickened at least three children with E. coli bacteria in the Western United States is blaming the contamination on the slaughterhouse that processed the...
U.S. Plans Shift in Meat, Poultry Plant Inspections
Feb 23 2007 // Stepped-up inspections at some meat and poultry plants are set to begin in April, according to an Agriculture Department official overseeing the first overhaul of food safety inspections in a decade. The new policy is...
Delmarva poultry industry criticizes federal avian flu planning
May 8 2006 // The federal government could learn a thing or two from the Delaware- Maryland-Virginia area poultry industry about how to prepare for an outbreak of avian flu, according to the Delmarva industry officials. In a meeting...
Delmarva poultry industry criticizes federal avian flu planning
May 8 2006 // News Currents The federal government could learn a thing or two from the Delaware- Maryland-Virginia area poultry industry about how to prepare for an outbreak of avian flu, according to the Delmarva industry officials. In...
Wake Forest Study Reveals High Rate of N.C. Poultry Farmer Injuries
Sep 28 2005 // A survey of poultry workers in western North Carolina reveals high rates of injuries, as well as significant differences among poultry companies in numbers of injuries and how workers view company emphasis on safety. The...
Former Okla. Poultry Worker Ordered to Pay Restitution in Fraud Case
Aug 29 2005 // A Jay, Okla., woman received a three-year deferred sentence and was ordered to pay $3,692.50 in restitution after pleading guilty in Delaware County District Court, state Attorney General Drew Edmondson said. Gregoria...
