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Friday, July 24, 2020
US meat export group releases new red meat export study
The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently released an updated version of an independent study aimed at quantifying the value red meat exports provide to US corn and soybean producers, KMAland reported.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
17,000 COVID-19 casesin US meat and poultry processing until end-May
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report said in April and May this year, COVID-19 has infected more than 17,000 workers in the United States meat and poultry industry, with 91 deaths, Reuters reported.
Monday, June 29, 2020
US meatpacking workers union says 93 meatpacking and food-processing workers dead from COVID-19
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union said 65 meatpacking workers and 28 workers in food-processing died from COVID-19, Reuters reported.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
US meat plants to be investigated over record pork exports to China
United States Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker are questioning Tyson Foods, JBS USA, Cargill and Smithfield Foods that pressed to continue operations citing a domestic meat shortage, even though the US hit record high po ...
Friday, June 19, 2020
New US meat processing plant seeks quadruple growth by yearend
Republic Foods, a small meat processing facility 34 miles southeast of Kansas City, Missouri, is expecting to quadruple production by the end of the year, AgWeb reported.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
US meatpackers union report many absent workers
Even after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order for meat plants to stay open, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) said workers are either fearful of returning or are placed in quarantine, Reuters ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
US meatpacker recalls nearly 43,000 pounds ground beef
Lakeside Refrigerated Services recalled on Saturday thousands of pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart and other stores across the US due to potential E. coli contamination, the USDA says, NBC DFW reported.
Friday, June 12, 2020
US meat production has resumed but consumer prices likely to remain high
Meat production in the United States has reached pre-COVID-19 levels after plants were temporarily shut down due to the pandemic, but experts say consumer prices will remain high levels while it may take months for plants to go though a bac ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
US meatpacking operations restart
Most pork plants in the US have resumed production, with plants running at about 82% of their normal capacity, said David Preisler, CEO of the Minnesota Pork Producers Association, MPR News reported.
Monday, June 8, 2020
US Department of Justice issues subpoenas to major US meatpackers
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) formally demanded Tyson Foods, Cargill, JBS USA and National Beef to provide information about alleged antitrust violations regarding their pricing power over livestock producers, Bloomberg reported.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
US meat supply supplemented by imports from Mexico
As major meat processing facilities in the United States shut down due to COVID-19, Mexican beef is being imported to supplement dwindling stocks, causing anger among American cattle ranchers, reported Reuters.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
US meat exports to China soar while local consumers face shortfall
While the nation's consumers are facing food supply shortages, US meat processing plants have increasingly been exporting to China, a Reuters analysis of government data showed.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Major US meatpacking plants resume operations
Meatpacking facilities, which are considered as critical infrastructure, have safely reopened across the US, commended US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, reported National Hog Farmer.
Monday, May 11, 2020
US meatpacking workers union protests reopening of meat plants
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 250,000 workers in the meatpacking and food processing industry said 10,000 workers have contracted COVID-19 and 30 have died from the virus, reported Reute ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Tyson Foods: COVID-19 will continue to disrupt US meat plants
The company said the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to disrupt meat production in the United States despite an executive order from US President Donald Trump to keep plants open, reported Reuters.
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