The total recordable poultry processing illness and injury rate for 2024 is 2.4 cases per 100 full-time workers annually, the lowest rate recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for poultry ...

In today’s poultry processing environment, where consumer expectations and regulatory scrutiny continue to rise, processors ...

Children have again been found working at a Mar-Jac Poultry slaughterhouse, according to the US Department of Labor. The latest discovery in Alabama comes less than a year after a teen worker was ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced is has invested more than $43 million in meat and poultry processing research, innovation and expansion in an effort to transform the food system at ...

New Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidance goes beyond poultry barns to cover all animal slaughtering and processing facilities. Previous OSHA guidance only applied to poultry ...

A 16-year-old employee died Friday at a Mississippi chicken processing plant, a county official said. The teen died at Mar-Jac Poultry in Hattiesburg, about 100 miles southeast of Jackson, deputy ...

KANSAS CITY, MO. — A severe winter storm over the weekend continues to impact the meat and poultry industry. Several governors throughout the United States declared a state of emergency. Poultry ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced March 25 additional resources to help increase and expand meat and poultry processing capacity, including the Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity ...

Researchers at Georgia Tech and four other institutes were awarded the grant to increase use of artificial intelligence and robotics in chicken processing. Catherine Barzler, Senior Research Writer ...

Serious injuries from working in poultry processing plants have decreased in the past 10 years, but workers are still at a high risk for musculoskeletal disorders from repetitive motions. A U.S.

Ogun State acquires a new 1.3 million-bird poultry plant to boost food security, reduce poultry importation, and create jobs ...

On October 10, 2025, a settlement was filed in an information sharing case that highlights the antitrust risks of exchanging information with competitors and sheds light on the relatively aggressive ...