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At least 4,500 Tyson workers have caught COVID-19, with 18 dying. The meat giant still doesn't offer paid sick leave, as the industry blames workers for outbreaks.
An analysis by Business Insider found at least 4,585 cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths linked to Tyso…
Kate Taylor
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Disturbing footage appears to show a worker urinating on the production line at the world's largest pork producer, forcing the company to destroy 50,000 pounds of meat
Footage of the incident obtained by local news outlet WAVY shows a worker removing his gloves …
Kate Taylor
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Grocery stores like Kroger and Giant Eagle are beginning to limit meat purchases at some locations
Grocery stores introduced caps on meat purchases as meat-processing plants shut down because of out…
Jessica Snouwaert
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McDonald's is temporarily changing how restaurants get burgers, bacon, and sausages, with CEO saying the state of the meat supply chain in America is 'concerning'
McDonald's is temporarily exercising new control over how much beef and pork restaurants receive, a…
Kate Taylor
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Some meat plants reopen, but Trump order may not be cure-all
The Virginia-based company asked that employees who are sick or who might be more susceptible to se…
PTI
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Almost 12,000 meatpacking and food plant workers have reportedly contracted COVID-19. At least 48 have died.
The infections and deaths are spread across roughly two farms and 189 meat and processed food facto…
Isaac Scher
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A video of a worker appearing to urinate on a production line at the world's largest pork producer went viral, but it reveals an even more disturbing truth plaguing employees
However, the issue of workers' bathroom breaks is a pervasive one - and one that extends far beyond…
Kate Taylor
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Farmers say they may have to kill and discard baby pigs as slaughterhouses close and the industry faces losing $5 billion
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) said on Tuesday that farmers will lose almost $37 per ho…
Kate Taylor
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Trump order keeping meat packing plants open worries unions
"We only wish that this administration cared as much about the lives of working people as it does a…
PTI
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Subway accuses US pork producers of being involved in a price-fixing conspiracy, which it says led to inflated costs for more than a decade
Producers "unlawfully inflated pork costs for more than a decade," a Subway spokesperson said. It f…
Kevin Shalvey
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Meatpacker JBS will provide COVID-19 vaccines to 8,500 workers in eight states
"We have been focused on doing everything we can to prioritize our essential workforce in state vac…
Fatma Khaled
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The Drive-Thru: Inside America's supply chain struggles, and everything else you need to know about coronavirus, restaurants, and retail
Read on for an explanation for why farmers are killing baby pigs and tossing berries in a ditch as …
Kate Taylor
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Farmers are being forced to shoot and gas thousands of animals a day, devastating their business amid meat shortages
Farmers across the Midwest are euthanizing their stocks of pigs and chickens because of a backlog c…
Jessica Snouwaert
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Costco is limiting how many meat products shoppers can buy as processing plant closures spur fears of a nationwide meat shortage
More than 4,900 meat processing plant workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and at least 20 ha…
Irene Jiang
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The world's largest pork producer is exploring ways to grow human organs from pig parts
While Smithfield is one of the largest companies venturing into pig-human transplants, it's not alo…
Leanna Garfield
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Trump plans on forcing meat plants to stay open with new executive order under the Defense Production Act, despite severe coronavirus outbreaks
The meatpacking industry has been hit with several severe COVID outbreaks across the country, but T…
Jake Lahut
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From New York pizza to Maine lobster rolls, we rounded up the most iconic food in every U.S. state
Each state has a food its synonymous with, like New York pizza and Idaho potatoes. Let's take a loo…
Shirley Cheng
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Why 1 million pigs could be euthanized due to COVID-19-related supply chain issues
COVID-19 outbreaks closed meat-processing plants across the US. Farmers were forced to euthanize he…
Abby Narishkin,Steve Cameron
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Tyson Foods is ramping up development of robots that can cut meat in response to coronavirus outbreaks in meatpacking plants
According to the CDC, there have been a total of 16,233 coronavirus cases in meat processing facili…
Bethany Biron
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COVID-19 is spreading most in gritty places where poorer people are forced to spend time — and the media rarely goes
Data from The New York Times listed the biggest focal points for outbreaks — and the results are de…