The U.S. Department of Labor recovers $230,000 for 545 workers at a Hastings meat processing plant who were denied compensation for pre- and post-shift work.
Tomahawk Processing is building a state-of-the-art, U.S. Department of Agriculture-inspected processing plant intended to provide beef processing and packing services.
Annual U.S. pork production in February (latest data) was up 5.6 percent from the prior year and in an accelerating growth trend before the COVID-19 shutdowns dramatically changed the economic landscape.
The COVID-19 headlines about meatpacking and processing plants closing should be enough for any similar business to pause and reflect: This could easily happen to anyone in the food and beverage industry.