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Meatpacking Industry
15 published works
Food Safety News
Pork and poultry line speeds will be set by law, not administrative rules, under new House bill
By Dan Flynn
Four years after the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota struck down USDA’s rule eliminating line speed limits in pork and poultry plants, Republican Rep. Brad Finstad has…
Food Safety News
Another reason to “Ban the Batistas” by the advocacy group of the same name
By News Desk
Ban the Batistas is calling for a federal investigation into JBS to determine whether the world’s largest meatpacking company knowingly sourced its meat from cattle farms in Brazil. JBS USA…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From The Bookshelves: Meatpacking America by Kristy Nabhan-Warren
Kristy Nabhan-Warren is the University of Iowa V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies. Her latest book is Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide…
Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog
The “Top Ten” Agricultural Law and Ag Tax Developments of 2020 – Part One
OverviewAfter working through the “Almost Top Ten” agricultural law and tax developments of 2020, I have now reached what I consider to be the ten biggest developments of 2020 in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Sudanese Refugee: One Meat Plant, One Thousand Infections:…
The Daily podcast is revisiting episodes with people it met in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic to hear what has happened to them since the original conversations were…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Worker shortage concerns loom in immigrant-heavy meatpacking
Stephen Groves and Sophia Tareen for the Associated Press reports on a troubling food supply story in the midst of a global pandemic. We have heard of COVID-19 outbreaks in meatpacking…
Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog
DOJ to Investigate Meatpackers – What’s It All About?
OverviewEarlier this week President Trump asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the pricing practices of the major meatpackers. In addition, 11 state Attorneys General have asked the…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: “Where is the Beef?”
By Bill Marler
As you read this, remember FSIS’s Mission Statement: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that…
ImmigrationProf Blog
BBC’s Deep Dive into Smithfield Outbreak Shines Light on Immigrant Meat Processors
The BBC's article Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak is a fascinating read. It dives into the conditions at Smithfield that led to the…
Food Safety News
IG gets Bipartisan call for FSIS misconduct investigation in Montana
By Dan Flynn
Montana's congressional delegation wants USDA's Inspector General (IG) to investigate "alleged misconduct within the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and its effect on meat processing facilities in Montana." In…