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Feb 05, 2021 New analysis of independent data show that reported new COVID-19 infection rates among meat and poultry workers are 60% lower than in the general U.S. population and two-thirds lower than case rates in the sector in May 2020.  According to data from the Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN), the meat and poultry sector was reported to have an average of 32.64 new reported cases per 100,000 workers per day in January 2021, two-thirds lower than the average of 98.39 new repo...

Meat-processing plants, where thousands of workers have fallen ill with COVID-19, are facing scrutiny from a U.S. House subcommittee for reportedly failing to follow worker safety laws.

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- New analysis of independent data show that reported new COVID-19 infection rates among meat and poultry workers are 60% lower than in the general U.S. population and two-thirds lower than case rates in the sector in May 2020.  According to data from the Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN), the meat and poultry sector was reported to have an average of 32.64 new reported cases per 100,000 workers per day...

Doctors Urge Arkansas Governor to Promote Plant Protein and Repurpose Slaughterhouses LITTLE ROCK—Two billboards that directly address Governor Hutchinson are installed in Little Rock close to the governor’s residence, and they will remain posted until Feb. 7. One billboard is located at 2419 Main St. and it is 0.381 miles from the governor’s mansion. The second billboard, which is illuminated, is at 522 West Third St. near Broadway, and it is 1.06 miles from the residence.    The...

Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images A House subcommittee has launched an investigation into how major meat processors and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) responded to coronavirus outbreaks and deaths in meatpacking facilities, a source of rapid transmission of the virus during the early months of the pandemic. Rep. James Clyburn, a Democrat from South Carolina and chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, announced the probe on February 1 and ...

Biden Signs Executive Order on Workplace Safety, CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit for Essential Workers and More, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) .

Workers are shown leaving the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind., in May. A House subcommittee is investigating the Trump administrations handling of COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants, focusing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as well as major companies Tyson, Smithfield and JBS. A U.S. House subcommittee is investigating coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants, citing the deaths of more than 250 employees nationwide and accusing the Trump admin...

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Tyson, JBS, Cargill, Perdue prepare to vaccinate workforce Labor groups urge Biden to develop national safety standard January 19, 2021 6:00 AM By Fatima Hussein and Megan U. Boyanton Meatpacking workers and their employers are pushing to the front of the line for coronavirus vaccinations as state governments roll out their distribution plans to combat the pandemic. President-elect Joe Biden‘s administration is pushing to implement an emergency temporary standard that would com...