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Child labor case attracts Homeland’s attention for potential human trafficking

By Dan Flynn on January 24, 2023

When federal Judge John M. Gerrard put his signature on a six-page Consent Order and Judgment on Dec. 6, 2022, it was a win for the U.S. Department of Labor in a child labor case…

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Nebraska’s child labor case is settled without involving JBS beef plant

By Dan Flynn on December 15, 2022

The JBS Beef Plant in Grand Island, NE, the end-user in an apparent child labor scheme, is not being touched by the civil enforcement action. The labor contractor JBS was using, however, is named by…

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Temporary Restraining Order extended in child labor case involving large meat company

By Dan Flynn on November 24, 2022

A preliminary injunction that prevents a labor contracting firm from providing child labor to JBS in Grand Island, NE, has been extended to Dec. 7. The preliminary injunction is against Wisconsin-based Packers Sanitation Services Inc.

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Ukrainian arrested, charged with ransomware attack

By News Desk on November 10, 2021

Federal law enforcement may be catching up with ransomware threats.  The progress comes after costly threats to food and energy companies like meat producer JBS and the Colonial Pipeline

The Justice Department Monday announced recent…
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Government tests show E. coli in frozen beef; JBS launches recall

By News Desk on April 18, 2021

JBS USA Food Co. a Greeley, CO, firm and Importer of Record, is recalling 4,860 pounds of imported boneless beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to the the U.S. Department…
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JBS Food Canada recalls its Provigo ground beef over E. coli contamination

By News Desk on September 28, 2020

JBS Food Canada has recalled its Provigo brand ground beef products from the market because of possible E. coli O157 contamination. The recall warns the public against consuming theses recalled products:

  • Variable size Provigo Medium

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OSHA fines JBS beef plant in Colorado for failing to protect employees from virus

By News Desk on September 14, 2020

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a second large meat production company for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus.

Nearly 300 JBS employees in Greeley,…
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Senator’s Call for Meat Industry’s Answers Exposes Reach of Money in Politics  

By Guest Contributor on July 4, 2020
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By Brendan Fischer and Maggie Christ

Despite what you might think, America’s broken campaign finance system is about more than expensive ads flooding your screen and glossy mailers clogging your mailbox. The outsized

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Farmworkers’ input on food safety now turns to coronavirus safety

By Cookson Beecher on April 21, 2020

Even though agriculture is the basis of civilization as we know it now, it is for the most part separate from most of us. We all eat, but how the food actually gets to the…
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Food worker advocates say lack of PPE endangering nation’s food supply

By Coral Beach on April 15, 2020

Latino food workers are at risk of contracting coronavirus at their jobs, which is not only a risk to their health but also to the nation’s food supply, according to a Hispanic civil rights organization.
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