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Processing & Slaughter

Vilsack to processors: Crack down on child labor

United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack wrote a letter to major meat and poultry processors in the country, urging them to take precautionary steps to prevent or eliminate illegal child labor.

Tom Vilsack | USDA

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Broilers & Turkeys

Bobby Wilburn, 38-year veteran of Peco Foods, dies

Bobby Jerome Wilburn, 66, a 38-year employee of Peco Foods, died April 7, 2023.

Broilers & Turkeys

Protest takes place at closing Tyson plant in Arkansas

About 150 people staged a protest on April 10 at the closing Tyson Foods poultry plant in Van Buren, Arkansas, citing unhappiness with how workers are being treated by the company.

Protesters in Van Buren, Arkansas, talk to a television reporter about their grievances with Tyson Foods, which is closing a poultry plant in the community. (Venceremos | Facebook)

Is Congress talking about avian flu vaccination? Mann mum

Most of us have probably seen reports or heard mumblings about how highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) vaccination programs are at least being discussed in the United States.

(Courtesy Office of Rep. Tracey Mann)

Avian flu strikes commercial poultry flock in Ontario

Canada’s most recent case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in Middlesex Centre, Ontario.

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PSSI replaces CEO following child labor violations

Tim Mulhere will become the CEO of food sanitation company, Packers Sanitation Services Inc. LTD (PSSI), effective April 24. Mulhere replaces the company’s current CEO, Dan Taft, who retires just months after a Labor Department investigation revealed “oppressive child labor” violations.

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Avian influenza persists in Rouville, Quebec

Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continue to be problematic in one municipality in Quebec.

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Libelous statements about poultry industry from attorney?

Perhaps I am naïve, but I would expect an attorney, especially one who is regarded highly enough to also be an elected official, to not make statements that could be considered libelous.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit, alleging poultry companies conspired to raise the price of chicken. (Courtesy State of Washington)

Dog in Canada dies from avian influenza

Canadian officials reported the first dog to have died as a result of contact with a bird who had highly pathogenic avian influenza.

(PoppyPix | Bigstock)

Avian flu strikes 2 commercial poultry flocks in Quebec

Two new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial poultry operations have been reported in Quebec.

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Broilers & Turkeys

Van Buren seeks to help people losing Tyson Foods jobs

The community of Van Buren, Arkansas, is taking steps to find employment for workers affected by Tyson Foods’ recent decision to close its poultry plant there.

Broilers & Turkeys

Koch Foods to build cold storage facility

Koch Foods intends to construct a new cold storage facility in Fairfield, Ohio, a county official said.

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