Tyson misleads shoppers about carbon emissions, climate group says
Meat processor's marketing of industrial beef products as "climate-smart" misleads consumers, environmental group alleges.
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Meat processor's marketing of industrial beef products as "climate-smart" misleads consumers, environmental group alleges.
Tyson Foods has announced that it plans to spend some $50 million on year-end bonuses for more than 80,000 hourly workers at its meatpacking plants.
An already large chicken recall is widening, with Tyson Foods adding more than 450,000 pounds of ready-to-eat poultry products to an existing recall of 8.5 million pounds possibly contaminated with listeria.
Some employees at a Texas Tyson Foods plant say there have been nearly 300 workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus.
U.S. meat processing plants are closing and some, including in Texas, are being investigated after outbreaks of the coronavirus tied to those facilities, putting a spotlight on challenges in those crowded areas.
Tyson Foods is recalling more than 69,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips because they may be contaminated with pieces of metal.
Tyson Foods is recalling more than 36,000 pounds of chicken nuggets due to a possible rubber contamination.
Tyson Foods has installed video cameras in key areas of its poultry operations and will test new ways to slaughter birds — not in response to previous "gotcha" moments but under a corporate philosophy that notes its role as a steward for millions of chickens, the company said.
Tyson Foods is recalling nearly 2.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat breaded chicken due to an unlabeled allergen. The recall came after the company learned that the bread crumbs could contain milk.
Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak, and 30 other farms within a six-mile radius have being quarantined.
The company did not admit liability. It agreed to pay back wages, interest and benefits to 5,716 applicants who were turned down for jobs as laborers from 2006 to 2012 at plants in Rogers and Russellville, Arkansas; Santa Theresa, New Mexico; and Amarillo, Houston and Sherman, Texas.
Federal authorities have determined that black employees at a Paris, TX food plant were to racial discrimination.
