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Trump administration aims to make faster meat processing permanent

Agency plans rulemaking to formalize speed increases

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Chicago/Washington | Reuters – The Trump administration said on Mar. 17 that it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly, raising concerns among advocacy groups about worker health and food safety. The U.S. Department of Agriculture decision is a victory for meat companies and industry associations such as the National Chicken
JBS signage at Greeley, Colorado. (JBS.com.br)
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Brazil’s JBS reboots plan to list shares in New York

International meat packer hopes for access to lower-cost capital

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Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, on Wednesday proposed listing its shares in New York, hoping the move will bring its multiples closer to peers and that a broader investor base will give it more access to cheaper capital, sending its shares up eight per cent in mid-morning trade.
The meat section in a grocery store in Selkirk, Man., on Jan. 30, 2022.
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The resiliency of ‘local’

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North America’s meatpackers are not having a good time. As our reporter Don Norman wrote in last week’s front-page story, there’s been a torrent of bad news from some of the biggest names in the business. In early May, Reuters reported that U.S.-based Tyson Foods, the world’s second-largest producer of beef, pork and chicken, had
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Small U.S. meatpackers get boost from Biden administration

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FUNDING Latest round of grants and loans aims to diversify meat processing after COVID disruptions

Reuters — The Biden administration is awarding an additional US$9.6 million in grants and loans to expand meat processing across the country, it announced Jan. 5, as the government tries to diversify the industry beyond four companies that have long dominated it. The effort to expand meat processing capacity comes after COVID-19 infections among workers
In 2020, a total of seven workers at two JBS facilities in Colorado and Wisconsin died from COVID-19.
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JBS U.S. units to adopt pandemic response plans after COVID outbreaks

Investigation finds that 269 workers in the U.S. died from outbreaks at packing plants

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Reuters – Subsidiaries of meat processor JBS USA have agreed to implement infectious disease preparedness plans at seven U.S. plants, in the wake of a U.S. congressional report finding that the industry largely failed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among workers. The agreement was announced in late May by the U.S. Occupational Safety and
U.S. House panel seeks information from meat-processing firms on rising prices
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U.S. House panel seeks information from meat-processing firms on rising prices

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Reuters – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on economic and consumer policy has sent a letter to major U.S. meat-processing companies, seeking information on rising prices and profits. The companies included Tyson Foods, JBS Foods, National Beef and Seaboard. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the chairman of the panel, asked for information about

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