About 200 meat-plant workers were fired without being given the 60 days’ notice required under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
The state of Mississippi says it is nearing a deal with a Georgia construction company that oversaw the construction pf a beef plant that was open for just three months before closing in 2004.
It’s been a year since my favorite fast-food restaurant — Taco Bell — was served with a frivolous lawsuit alleging that the ground beef used in many of its offerings is not real beef. Rather, the legal team said, it is ground beef blended with extenders and fillers.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has asked a federal court to turn over grand jury records from the U.S. government's investigation into the now-defunct beef plant as he prepares for a civil lawsuit.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected House of Raeford’s appeal against criminal charges that the company willfully released turkey remains into waterways, in violation of federal clean water law.
Cargill Meat Solutions has settled a class-action lawsuit brought by workers seeking back pay for donning and doffing at its Schuyler, Neb., meatpacking plant.
