Report: Women make up only 36% of meat industry workforce October 14, 2020 Agri-Business A new international report has for the first time established how many women are working within the meat sector. The independent report, commissioned…
Calls for German meat plants to work longer hours to aid backlog October 9, 2020 World News The German Agricultural Minister Julia Kloeckner has called for meat factories to work longer hours to deal with a backlog of animals after several…
Over 170 Pilgrim’s Pride workers test positive for Covid-19 October 1, 2020 Beef Over 170 workers at a meat processing plant in Cornwall have tested positive for Covid-19. Most of the cases at the Pilgrim’s Pride…
Small fines ‘incentivise’ meat companies to continue endangering employees September 15, 2020 World News The world’s largest meat producer JBS Foods has been fined for failing to provide protection for staff in its Colorado facility in the…
Research: Covid-19 can potentially spread over 8m in meat processing facilities August 21, 2020 Agri-Business Research based on the outbreak of Covid-19 at the Tonnies meat processing facility in Germany has suggested that Covid-19 can potentially spread over…