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JBS, S.A. shareholders agree to sue Joesley and Wesley Batista

By News Desk on November 9, 2020

JBS USA will hold its third quarter 2020 earnings conference call for the investment community this coming Friday, Nov. 13, 2020.   There’s more than just the usual financial news to talk about.  CEO Gilberto Tomazon…
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Blowback from industry and union on OSHA for Smithfield/JBS fines

By Dan Flynn on September 15, 2020

Those OSHA fines for not protecting employees from the coronavirus are getting blow-back from both the industry and the union.

The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) issued a statement after Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls,…
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Mood turns sour as meat and poultry industry tries to keep production up with demand

By Dan Flynn on April 28, 2020

 When they have not sold enough spot advertising, broadcasters air public service announcements that these days are all about how we are “in this together.”

But up and down the meat industry, the only togetherness …
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Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases

By Dan Flynn on April 14, 2020

COVID-19 has forced the closures of the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, SD, and the JBS USA beef plant in Greeley, CO.

Smithfield on Easter Sunday announced the former John Morrell plant…
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Death, illness reports cause industry to get busy with COVID-19 mitigation measures

By Dan Flynn on April 10, 2020

Saul Sanchez, a 78-year old “green hat” supervisor at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, CO, died from COVID-19 on April 7. He worked at the Greeley beef plant for more than 30 years.

After…
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Beach Beat: The faces behind the petition

By Coral Beach on January 20, 2020
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If you haven’t heard, a Seattle attorney is petitioning the USDA to make it illegal to sell meat and poultry that is contaminated with Salmonella. 

Yep, as of right now — and who knows…
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JBS USA drops ractopamine amidst trade opportunities with China

By Dan Flynn on October 14, 2019

Mega-producer JBS USA has banned the use of ractopamine in the hogs it purchases because it sees a trade opportunity with China where the growth drug remains prohibited. JBS, owned by JBS S.A. based in…
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Rubio and Menendez call for foreign investment probe of JBS, SA

By Dan Flynn on October 9, 2019

Two U.S. Senators want an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions to conduct an open-ended review of Brazil’s JBS S.A., which owns Greeley, CO-based JBS USA.

Sens. Marco Rubio, R-FL, and Bob Menendez, D-NJ,…
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Top 10 food safety stories of 2018

By Dan Flynn on December 22, 2018

Editor’s note: Today Food Safety News  takes a look back at the Top 10 most important food safety news events for 2018. Since 2009 we’ve shared our rankings with our readers. As in past years, …
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Pentobarbital continues to ‘dog’ pet food industry; beef tallow blamed

By Phyllis Entis on November 29, 2018

On May 8 Champion Petfoods USA Inc. was informed that three shipments of beef tallow delivered by their supplier were contaminated with pentobarbital, a tranquilizer often used to euthanize sick or fatally injured animals.

Ingestion…
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Federal Police again arrest JBS shareholder Joesley Batista in Operation Carwash

By Dan Flynn on November 10, 2018

The controlling shareholder in Brazil’s JBS S.A., which in turn owns Greeley, CO-based JBS USA, is once again in federal custody in Brazil.   Federal Police returned former JBS Chairman Joesley Batista to prison Friday morning,…
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