USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) denied the Environmental Working Group’s petition demanding more policing of climate claims as recently as Aug. 28.
But EWG did not wait long before choosing a target and filing a federal lawsuit. The environmental and consumer organization filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods
Continue Reading Tyson sued for its climate speech
More child labor violations appear to be on the horizon for the regulated meat industry,
Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods are reportedly under renewed federal scrutiny for possible illegal child labor practices.
Packers Sanitation Services, Tyson Foods contract cleaning agent, was earlier fined $90,828 for using child labor at Tyson’s
Continue Reading Food company violations of child labor laws appear to keep on coming
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has petitioned USDA to prohibit beef producers like Tyson Foods from claiming their “climate-friendly” products and to require independent verification of all climate claims companies use to market beef to consumers.
EWG earlier this year petitioned USDA to prohibit “Low-Carbon Beef” labels and require third-party
Continue Reading Beef should not be sold as ‘climate-friendly’ according to EWG petition
Tyson Foods, the largest chicken producer in the United States, has announced that it will remove the “No Antibiotics Ever” label from certain chicken products by the end of the year, according to media reports.
The Wall Street Journal first reported this development, stating that Tyson will remove the label
Continue Reading Tyson Foods to remove ‘No Antibiotics Ever’ label by end of year
Albertsons Companies is recalling certain items containing chicken as part of a recall initiated by Tyson Foods, Inc. The product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
On July 3, the Dexter, MO, unit of Tyson Foods recalled 8.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken products that
Continue Reading Albertsons Companies recall items containing chicken as part of a Tyson Foods recall
LSG Sky Chefs is recalling its Chicken Salad Sandwich because of a potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The chicken used in this product is subject to a national recall issued by Tyson Foods.
On July 3, the Dexter, MO, unit of Tyson Foods recalled 8.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat
Continue Reading Circle K Brand Chicken Salad Sandwich recalled over Listeria concerns
For the second time since June, China has suspended imports from a U.S. poultry plant where employees became infected with the coronavirus.
First to face suspension was poultry from a Tyson Foods plant in Springdale, AR, which was suspended by the Chinese government in June for similar reasons. The second
Continue Reading China refuses imports from Fort Smith and Springfield poultry plants in U.S.
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 stores and restaurants is not something we think about. It’s there; we buy it; we
Continue Reading Farmworkers’ input on food safety now turns to coronavirus safety
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 Sanchez was diagnosed and hospitalized in March, his family was frustrated by JBS officials being
Continue Reading Death, illness reports cause industry to get busy with COVID-19 mitigation measures
Arkansas’s Tyson Foods, Inc. has recalled approximately 11,829,517 million pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of metal, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
This recall is an expansion of the March 21, 2019
Continue Reading Tyson chicken strip recall for metal pieces expanded to nearly 6000 tons
