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August 4, 2022

Kraft Heinz Canada office in North York, Toronto, Oct. 2020.

Kraft Heinz Returns to Profit

July 28, 2022

A cod fish sits on ice at the Portland Fish Exchange, in Portland, Maine. A U.S. ban on seafood imports from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine was supposed to sap billions of dollars from Vladimir Putin’s war machine. But shortcomings in import regulations means that Russian-caught pollock, salmon and crab are likely to enter the U.S. anyway, by way of the country vital to seafood supply chains across the world: China.

U.S. Seafood Imports from China Likely Russian Fish

April 15, 2022

Beer Institute Announces Leadership Apppointments

March 25, 2022

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Frozen Pizza Maker Fined $145K After Fatality at Chicago Factory

A 42-year-old employee suffered a fatal injury while cleaning a machine this past July.

January 25, 2022

A Google Street view of Seaboard Foods' pork processing facility in Guymon, OK.

Pork Processor Seaboard Foods Cited for Repetitive Motion Exposures

OSHA cited Seaboard's Guymon, OK facility for not protecting workers and failing to report injuries.

December 3, 2021

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Missouri Animal Nutrition Plant Fined $300K for Hazards

BCP Ingredients, a subsidiary of Balchem Corp, was issued 24 serious safety and health violations.

October 20, 2021

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Safeway Fined $339K After Milk Factory Worker's Finger Amputations

An employee lost four fingers while operating a molding machine that lacked required safeguards.

August 12, 2021

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OSHA Alliance Takes Steps to Protect Grain Handlers

The agreement helps train agribusiness workers on six specific hazards.

July 14, 2021

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Texas Tortilla Factory Fined $218K for Repeated Amputation Dangers

A factory south of Austin has been cited again for the same violations it incurred following investigations in 2015 and 2018.

June 16, 2021

Spice Importer Fined $122K for Numerous Hazards at Alabama Facility

iSpice was cited for exposing workers to amputation, struck-by, crushed-by and electrical hazards.

April 26, 2021

A Hall County firefighter leaves following a liquid nitrogen leak that killed six people at Prime Pak Foods, a poultry plant on Thursday, Jan. 28 in Gainesville, GA.

OSHA Still Investigating Fatal Poultry Leak in Georgia

The agency said it has received a complaint about the existence of hazards that it will address.

April 5, 2021

A Google Street view of JBS' meatpacking plant in Cactus, TX.

JBS Fined Again for COVID Violations

Meat supplier JBS' Green Bay location was fined earlier in October, and a Texas location was included in OSHA's latest fines.

November 2, 2020

This April 8, 2020 photo shows the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, SD.

OSHA Fines Smithfield, JBS for Lack of Worker Virus Protection

OSHA said at least 1,294 Smithfield workers contracted COVID-19 and four employees died from it in the spring.

September 11, 2020

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OSHA, FDA Develop Food Mfg Safety Checklist

The agencies say the checklist useful for persons growing, harvesting, packing, manufacturing, processing or holding human and animal food regulated by FDA.

August 20, 2020

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OSHA, NAMI Form Alliance to Protect Meatpacking Workers

The agencies will develop information on recognizing coronavirus transmission risks and best practices for preventing transmission.

August 17, 2020

OSHA Outlines Trump Order Enforcement

The agency will take into account good faith attempts to follow the new Joint Meat Processing Guidance that may aid in processors' legal matters.

April 29, 2020