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USDA gets employee safety training and OSHA gets access to food facilities under new MOU

By News Desk on August 11, 2022

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) renewed a cooperative agreement with a formal signing on Aug.1.

The FSIS workforce is viewed as critical…

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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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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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Smithfield appeals OSHA fine for not protecting meat plant employees from COVID-19

By News Desk on September 12, 2020

 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. in Sioux Falls, SD, for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus. OSHA proposed a penalty…

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OSHA’s agreement with Meat Institute may be one toke over the line

By Dan Flynn on August 17, 2020

The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) last month signed a two-year alliance to provide Meat Institute members, the public, and other stakeholders…
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USDA gets all but the line speed issue thrown out of court

By Dan Flynn on April 7, 2020

The unions are down to one issue with the USDA about new inspection protocols for market hogs, and it is not food safety. After tossing out challenges to how USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service…
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Letter to the Editor: Line speeds, worker safety are real concerns

By Guest Contributor on January 15, 2020
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Dear Editor,

Editor Dan Flynn’s Jan. 12 letter supporting the USDA’s new swine slaughter rule perpetuates so many falsehoods, it merits a lengthy response. Among other things, the new rule removes all line speed…
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Poultry line speed waivers possible if producers meet new criteria

By Dan Flynn on October 1, 2018

To get a “speed waiver” to run an “evisceration line” at up to 175 birds per minute, rather than the current 140 bpm, is going to require poultry businesses to jump through a few more…
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Tyson Foods fined $263K for OSHA violations at Texas chicken plant

By News Desk on August 19, 2016

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Tyson Foods $263,498 for 15 “serious” and two “repeated” workplace safety violations at the company’s chicken processing facility in Center, TX. tysonfoodsvigAccording to…
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OSHA finalizes protection for food safety whistleblowers

By Coral Beach on April 20, 2016

Food company employees — from field workers to grocery store clerks — are on the front lines of food safety efforts but are sometimes reluctant to speak up about problems because they fear retaliation. report-it A…
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