Two of the nation's biggest pork processing plants are currently closed. Meat processing giant Tyson Foods suspended operations at its plant in Waterloo, Iowa. And Smithfield Foods halted ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, whose state leads the nation in pork production, acknowledged the likelihood of "clusters of positive cases" at meat-processing plants but said the operations must remain open.

With line speeds increasing and federal inspectors stepping back, critics warn about risks to food safety, worker health, and ...

In 2023, Tyson Foods closed six of its largest chicken processing plants across the U.S. and an Iowa pork plant because of eroding market conditions.

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, expresses shock at decision by Tyson Foods to shutter beef and pork plant in Emporia employing 800 people.

Pork shipments from a North Carolina pork processing plant are now blocked from entering Mexico. The plant located in Tar Heel, N.C., is a Smithfield foods plant and is the largest in the world.

Renovation of 225,000-sq.-ft. facility will process Niman Ranch- and Coleman All Natural Meats-branded products, and create ...

Canada was the fifth-largest export market for U.S. pork last year, according to U.S. government data. Though shipments slipped, they were valued at about $850 million.

It also comes less than a year after the government fined another sanitation services provider $1.5 million for employing more than 100 kids — ages 13 to 17 — at 13 meat processing plants in ...

Union workers at the JBS pork processing plant in Worthington this week ratified a new contract, which they say addresses critical safety concerns on the production line. The employees ...

The Coronavirus has infected hundreds of workers at meat processing plants in 5 states and counting. More than 30 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 at the JBS USA meat packing plant in ...