Facility News
USDA unfreezes $55.8 million in grant funds after review
The USDA on Friday released $55.8 million in 2024 Local Meat Capacity Grant funding...
Poultry plant layoffs trigger investigation
Alabama-based poultry processing company AlaTrade Foods is at the center of an investigation...
Stakeholders split over USDA’s Salmonella framework withdrawal
Consumer advocates and industry leaders offered contrasting reactions to the USDA’s...
Faster line speeds under the microscope
Researchers from the University of California system and from Georgia Tech collaborated...
Tyson facility evacuated due to ammonia leak
An ammonia leak at a Tyson Foods chicken processing facility in Monroe, NC forced...
Pork plant cuts ties with sanitation service; 72 employees affected
The sanitation company Fortrex will cease services at the Quality Pork Processors...
Federal judge to halt revocation of program affecting meat plant workers
A U.S. District judge in Massachusetts plans to issue an order to stop the revocation...
FSIS delays salmonella sampling program
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will push the implementation of...
Friday, February 21, 2025
Federal grant freeze stymies meat processing projects
Tyson sets upcoming plant closure in phased approach: report
Largest meat processing plant, retailer in Alabama opens
South Dakota packing plant to break ground soon
Friday, February 07, 2025
Beef giant invests $200M despite shrinking herd
California poultry firm lays off 500 employees
Plant knocked out for weeks after fire: Amick Farms
Premium Iowa Pork to reopen former Hylife plant
Friday, January 17, 2025
Tyson explosion kills 1, injures others
Meat processor pays $3.7M for identity theft scheme
Meatpacking company seeking variance for slaughterhouse
OSHA investigating death at Tyson facility
Friday, December 20, 2024
Nestlé spending $150M to expand S.C. frozen meal plant
Tyson, Butterball announce facility closures, impacting 1,200 workers
Processor investing $145M for facility expansion
New York processor to double capacity with $21M expansion
Friday, November 15, 2024
Hormel launches $30M expansion at Jennie-O plant
Vermont State U. launches construction of campus meat plant
Tyson in negotiations to sell shuttered Iowa facility
Federal govt. grants $20M for processors; additional money for small processors
Friday, October 18, 2024
Ongoing investigation preventing Boar’s Head records requests
Pure Prairie files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy relief
Ground broken on halal processing expansion
Co-op asks city to push back deadlines on beef processing plant
Friday, September 20, 2024
Boar’s Head decides future of Virginia plant
Tyson addresses plant closures, cattle herd at Barclays conference
Hill Meat Company breaks ground on $18M facility expansion
Fair Oaks Food plant construction to resume after yearlong delay
Friday, August 16, 2024
DOL settles lawsuit with Mar-Jac over teenager death
Tyson cites production shift for job cuts at Tyson complex in N.C.
Smithfield closes purchase of Cargill’s Nashville dry sausage plant
More than 30 hospitalized after ammonia leak at sous vide facility
