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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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CDC provides first guidance to a specific meat plant for combating COVID-19 among employees

By Dan Flynn on April 24, 2020

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped off a 15-page report at the South Dakota Health Department that contains the key for getting all the nation’s closed meat plants up and running…
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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.

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Smithfield, Tyson Encouraging Transition Away From Gestation Crates

By James Andrews on January 10, 2014

Major pork producers Smithfield Foods and Tyson Foods have both announced plans this week to develop animal welfare improvements within their facilities, including moving away from the practice of using sow gestation crates, small metal…
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Smithfield Shareholders Approve Sale to China's Shuanghui

By News Desk on September 25, 2013

Shareholders of Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, approved on Tuesday the company’s sale to Shuanghui International Holdings, Ltd., a Chinese food giant. The sale landed approval at $4.72 billion, making it the largest-ever…
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Letter From the Editor: Our Stake in China's Food Safety

By Dan Flynn on September 22, 2013

I think we need to have an adult conversation about the People’s Republic of China and food safety. In the 41 years since Dick Nixon and Henry Kissinger went to Beijing for tea with Mao…
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Government Extends Review of Smithfield-Shuangui Deal

By Helena Bottemiller on July 25, 2013

The U.S. government will extend its review of the proposed sale of Smithfield Foods to Shuanghui International, which would be the largest Chinese takeover of a U.S. company, Smithfield said on Wednesday. The Virginia-based company…
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Smithfield CEO Tells Lawmakers Shuanghui Deal Won't Impact Food Safety

By Helena Bottemiller on July 11, 2013

American consumers will not be impacted and the safety of pork products will not diminish if Smithfield Foods is acquired by Shuanghui International, Smithfield’s CEO Larry Pope told the Senate Agriculture Committee at a hearing…
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Lawmakers Looking Into Shuanghui Acquisition of Smithfield

By News Desk on June 28, 2013

The Senate Committee Agriculture Committee plans to hold a hearing next month to look into the proposed sale of Smithfield Foods to Shuanghui International, committee chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced on Thursday.

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Senators Ask Government to Consider Food Safety When Reviewing Smithfield Deal

By Helena Bottemiller on June 25, 2013

Fifteen U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle are urging the government to consider food safety as they review the proposed sale of Smithfield Foods, America’s largest pork company, to Shuanghui International, China’s largest…
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