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One Dead, Two Hurt After Tyson Foods Plant Fire in Georgia
Dec 30 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — A woman died and two other people were hospitalized with injuries after a fire at a Tyson Foods plant in southwest Georgia, state officials said Friday. A wall fell on the cab of an 18-wheel truck parked...
Environmental Group Sues Tyson Foods for Alleged False Climate Claims
Sep 19 2024 // An environmental group is suing Tyson Foods for allegedly misleading consumers by saying it will reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and marketing climate-friendly beef without meaningful plans to achieve those goals. The...
Tyson Foods Accused by Conservative Group of Hiring Migrants Over US Citizens
Jun 5 2024 // A group founded by former Trump administration officials has accused Tyson Foods of discriminating against U.S. citizens by disproportionately hiring immigrants, including children and people in the country...
California Department of Cannabis Control Recalling Mike Tyson Cannabis Product
Apr 16 2024 // The California Department of Cannabis Control a mandatory recall for former Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson’s branded cannabis product, Tyson Undisputed Cannabis Flower, due to a contamination with mold. The mold in...
Tyson Foods, Cargill Suspend Kansas Beef Plants Due to Snowstorm
Jan 9 2024 // CHICAGO – Tyson Foods TSN.N and Cargill CARG.UL said on Tuesday it suspended operations at beef processing plants in Kansas due to a massive snowstorm, disrupting U.S. meat production. Cargill, a major producer of...
Tyson’s Dinosaur-Shaped Chicken Nuggets Recalled After Possible Metal Contamination
Nov 6 2023 // Tyson Foods Inc., the largest US meat producer, is recalling almost 30,000 pounds (13 metric tons) of chicken nugget products aimed at children due to possible contamination with metal pieces. Plastic bags of fully cooked...
Arkansas Tyson Workers Sue Over Lack of COVID Precautions
Mar 10 2023 // Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members filed a lawsuit against the company Monday, saying it failed to take appropriate precautions at its meat-packing plants during the early days of the...
Judges Send Iowa Tyson Workers’ Virus Lawsuit Back to State Court
Jan 4 2022 // A federal appeals court has ruled that Tyson Foods can’t claim it was operating under the direction of the federal government when it tried to keep its processing plants open as the coronavirus spread rapidly within...
Officials Investigating Gas Leak at Tennessee Tyson Foods Facility
Sep 8 2021 // Officials are investigating a release of toxic ammonia gas at a Middle Tennessee chicken processing plant that led to the evacuation of more than 200 residents. Fire officials said the gas leak at a Tyson Foods facility in...
Tyson, Perdue to Pay $35M to Settle Chicken Farmers’ Price Fixing Suit
Sep 7 2021 // Two of the industry’s biggest poultry companies have agreed to pay nearly $35 million to settle a lawsuit that accused them and several other firms of conspiring to dominate the industry and fix the prices paid to...
Tyson Farms Agrees to $3M Settlement for Causing 2019 Alabama Fish Kill
Aug 13 2021 // A $3 million settlement has been reached with Tyson Farms, Inc. over a 2019 wastewater spill that killed an estimated 175,000 fish _ one of the largest recorded fish kills in Alabama history, Attorney General Steve...
Tyson Foods Says Employees Getting Shots After Vaccine Mandate
Aug 11 2021 // About 5,400 Tyson Foods Inc. employees have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or received their first shots since the meat processor last week ordered its entire U.S. workforce to be vaccinated by November, the...
Tyson Recalls Nearly 4.5K Tons of Missouri-Produced Chicken Products
Jul 12 2021 // Tyson Foods is recalling almost 4,500 tons of ready-to-eat chicken products after finding the products may be tainted with listeria bacteria, federal officials announced. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the...
Shareholder Lawsuit Alleges Tyson Misled About COVID-19 Protocols
Feb 3 2021 // U.S. meat and poultry processor Tyson Foods Inc. was sued on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding shareholders with misleading disclosures about its ability to combat the spread of the coronavirus in its facilities. The...
House Committee to Probe Tyson, Smithfield, OSHA Over Covid Outbreaks
Feb 2 2021 // A Democratic-led House panel is launching a probe into coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants and whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration adequately enforced worker safety rules. Representative James...
Arkansas’ Tyson Foods to Pay $221.5M to Settle Price-Fixing Claims
Jan 25 2021 // Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, the nation’s largest meat supplier, said it will pay more than $200 million to settle a class-action suit that alleged price-fixing among chicken producers, saying the...
Tyson not Shielded by Order Keeping Meatpackers Open, Iowa Judge Rules
Jan 4 2021 // A federal judge has rejected an argument by Tyson Foods that is not liable in the death of a worker in Iowa because it was following federal guidance when it kept meatpacking plants open during the coronavirus...
Storm Lake, Iowa, Tyson Plant Sued Over Worker’s COVID-19 Death
Dec 17 2020 // The family of a man who died from COVID-19 while working at a Tyson pork plant in Storm Lake, Iowa, has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and several plant executives of gross negligence. Michael Everhard, 65, of Fonda,...
Tyson Fires 7 Managers at Iowa Plant Over Betting on COVID-19 Cases
Dec 17 2020 // Tyson Foods Inc. said on Wednesday it had fired seven managers at an Iowa pork plant after investigating allegations that they took bets on how many employees would catch COVID-19. The independent investigation, led by...
Tyson Suspends Meat Plant Managers Accused of COVID Betting Pool
Nov 20 2020 // Tyson Foods Inc. said it has suspended managers at an Iowa meatpacking plant accused in lawsuits of betting on how many workers would be infected in a Covid outbreak earlier this year. More than 1,000 of the 2,800...
