Meat Plants

Report: Women make up only 36% of meat industry workforce

Report: Women make up only 36% of meat industry workforce

A new international report has for the first time established how many women are working within the meat sector. It...

October 14, 2020
Calls for German meat plants to work longer hours to aid backlog

Calls for German meat plants to work longer hours to aid backlog

The German Agricultural Minister Julia Kloeckner has called for meat factories to work longer hours to deal with a backlog of...

October 9, 2020
Over 170 Pilgrim’s Pride workers test positive for Covid-19

Over 170 Pilgrim’s Pride workers test positive for Covid-19

Over 170 workers at a meat processing plant in Cornwall have tested positive for Covid-19. Most of the cases at...

October 1, 2020
Small fines ‘incentivise’ meat companies to continue endangering employees

Small fines ‘incentivise’ meat companies to continue endangering employees

The world’s largest meat producer JBS Foods has been fined for failing to provide protection for staff in its Colorado...

September 15, 2020
Research: Covid-19 can potentially spread over 8m in meat processing facilities

Research: Covid-19 can potentially spread over 8m in meat processing facilities

Research based on the outbreak of Covid-19 at the Tonnies meat processing facility in Germany has suggested that Covid-19 can...

August 21, 2020