How Meatpacking Plants’ COVID-19 Cases Hurt Counties April 20, 2021 An estimated 334,000 COVID-19 cases are attributable to meatpacking plants, resulting in $11.2 billion in economic damage, according to a...
Tyson Suspends Meat Plant Managers Accused of COVID Betting Pool November 20, 2020 By Mike Dorning Tyson Foods Inc. said it has suspended managers at an Iowa meatpacking plant accused in lawsuits of betting on how...
U.S. to Research Transmission of COVID-19 in Beef Supply Chain September 28, 2020 By P.J. Huffstutter The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding a $1 million research project to identify how the virus that causes COVID-19...
Coronavirus Safety: U.S. Behind Global Rivals in Protecting Meat Plant Workers September 22, 2020 By Mike Dorning, Brian Parkin and Ainslie Chandler The U.S. government is falling behind global rivals when it comes to protecting meatpacking workers from Covid-19 infections, even though...
OSHA Cites Smithfield Foods For Lax Coronavirus Safety for Meat Plant Workers September 11, 2020 By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus, making...
Reuters Report: How COVID-19 Swept Brazilian Slaughterhouses of Top Meatpacker September 9, 2020 By Ana Mano JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, has vowed to keep the world fed during the coronavirus pandemic. Executives say the...
Tyson Foods to Pilot Medical Clinics for Workers at Some Meat Plants Next Year September 4, 2020 By Josh Funk Tyson Foods is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its...
Brazilian Court Orders JBS to Require Worker Distancing After COVID Outbreak at Plant August 21, 2020 By Ana Mano A Brazilian court this week ordered JBS SA to impose a 1.5-meter (5-feet) distance between workers in the production line...
OSHA Defends Inspector Calling Ahead to Pennsylvania Meat Plant Before Visiting August 17, 2020 A federal safety inspector tipped off a coronavirus-tainted Pennsylvania meatpacking plant before visiting the next day — then failed to...