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
Continue Reading Senator’s Call for Meat Industry’s Answers Exposes Reach of Money in Politics
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
Continue Reading Farmworkers’ input on food safety now turns to coronavirus safety
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.
Continue Reading Food worker advocates say lack of PPE endangering nation’s food supply
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
Continue Reading Death, illness reports cause industry to get busy with COVID-19 mitigation measures
Before 2007, before Brazil’s JBS S.A. bought Swift & Co. for $1.5 billion in an all-cash deal, there was not any question about a U.S. meat company being caught up in a breath-taking South American
Continue Reading DeLauro challenges USDA officials about JBS corruption in meat industry
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
Continue Reading Beach Beat: The faces behind the petition
The United Kingdom has returned multiple containers of chicken to Brazil during a period of more than a year because of Salmonella.
Tereza Cristina, Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, confirmed the U.K. sent
Continue Reading UK sends Salmonella-contaminated chicken back to Brazil
JBS Souderton Inc. continued to distribute pentobarbital-adulterated products to customers even after receiving formal notification of pentobarbital contamination, according to a warning letter issued on April 23 by the Food and Drug Administration.
The warning
Continue Reading JBS knowingly distributed products containing euthanasia drug
Public health officials say a Salmonella outbreak traced to ground beef from the world’s largest beef producer is technically over, but there is a continuing threat because unknowing consumers likely still have some of the
Continue Reading CDC declares Salmonella outbreak over; continues warning about ground beef
Bacterial contamination was the No. 1 cause of almost all recalls posted by the USDA during the fourth quarter of 2018, while undeclared allergens were the top cause for recalls of food under the FDA’s
Continue Reading Food recalls in final quarter of 2018 reveal problems with bacteria, labeling
Likening a trip to the grocery store to shooting craps, a consumer watchdog group is reporting that data from the U.S. government shows food recalls are on an upward trend, which the advocates say could
Continue Reading Non-profit consumer group calls for action; cites increase in food recalls
