Following consumer complaints, Tyson Foods Inc. of Berryville, AR, is recalling 29,819 pounds of fully cooked, breaded, shaped chicken patty product that may be contaminated with metal pieces, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety
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Not everyone likes the dual listing plan for JBS
Since Brazil’s JBS in 2007 acquired assets of Swift & Company in North America, there’s been anticipation that it would eventually tap equity markets in the United States. Some expected it to spin off North…
Continue Reading Not everyone likes the dual listing plan for JBSLetter from the Editor: Taking it to the cleaners
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Everybody should be familiar with the story so far.
U.S. Department of Labor investigators in late 2022 and in early 2023, found more than 100 minor children doing mostly overnight work in…
Continue Reading Letter from the Editor: Taking it to the cleanersParents helped get 14-year-old daughter a night job cleaning at beef plant
Child labor in the meatpacking industry has been getting a lot of attention, but what role, if any, have the parents played? A Nebraska county court case is providing answers from one family, and it’s…
Continue Reading Parents helped get 14-year-old daughter a night job cleaning at beef plantPaid fines indicate meat industry’s use of child labor is more widespread than previously known
If Homeland Security is investigating the meat industry for human trafficking as was reported, it could be a long time before anything specific about that is known. But the Labor Department has now imposed monetary…
Continue Reading Paid fines indicate meat industry’s use of child labor is more widespread than previously knownMore looking back at 2021 recalls
The year 2021 again found food recalls competing with the pandemic for the public’s attention.
Food recalls are never simple. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration regulate …
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2021 outbreaks included fresh produce, cured meats, poultry and frozen shrimp
Although the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the news in terms of illnesses, foodborne pathogens also sickened people across the United States in 2021. Packaged leafy greens were behind four outbreaks.
Two outbreaks of infections from Listeria…
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CDC declares deadly Listeria outbreak associated with chicken is over
In July the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) began collecting different types…
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Tyson Foods Inc. recalls chicken products with different establishment numbers
The Tyson recall expanded again this week is being updated to alert consumers that the recalled ready-to-eat products were used in additional products produced by other establishments and retailers.
Some products bear a different establishment…
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Tyson adds 225 tons of chicken to its existing recall; Listeria illnesses reported
Tyson Foods Inc. has added more than 450,000 pounds of chicken products to its existing recall of 8.5 million pounds because additional date codes have been identified.
“Details of this recall were updated to reflect…
Continue Reading Tyson adds 225 tons of chicken to its existing recall; Listeria illnesses reported