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By comparison, the three Foster Poultry Farms plants in the Valley had lower self-reported injury rates, at 23.9 injuries per 100 employees at the Livingston plant; 20 injuries per 100 employees ...
The company had become the largest poultry producer on the entire West Coast and the eighth largest in the nation. In 1997, the company bought the leading poultry producer in Washington, Pederson's Fryer Farms, for approximately $7 million. [5] The company opened a $45 million, 500-job processing facility in South Kelso, Washington in 1998. [4]
The plant will not slaughter, [23] but the 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m 2) facility [24] will allot 93,000 square feet (8,600 m 2) for processing and 74,000 square feet (6,900 m 2) for slicing a variety of meat products. [23] The company broke ground for the facility in October 2006. [3] It is expected to begin production in July 2007. [23]
The plant reopened after a 9-day closure. [30] By April 15, 102 workers had tested positive for the coronavirus, and four had died. [31] Outbreaks of COVID-19 have also been found in six other JBS beef processing plants, in Souderton, Pennsylvania; Plainwell, Michigan; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Cactus, Texas; Grand Island, Nebraska; and Hyrum, Utah.
Hurricane Helene shut at least two poultry plants in Georgia and North Carolina and twisted cotton crops in South Carolina in blows to U.S. food and fiber production, company and agriculture ...
It is the third largest poultry producer in the United States and produces 13.65 million chickens per week. On July 22, 2022, it merged with Wayne Farms to form Wayne-Sanderson Farms . [ 2 ] The new company is controlled by a joint venture between Cargill and Conti (also known as Continental Grain Co. or ContiGroup).
More than 11.7 million pounds of meat and poultry ready-to-eat food products have been recalled since the initial release, up from 9.9 million pounds last week, according to the USDA.
In 2009, it established Weihai Poultry Development Co. as a wholly owned subsidiary in China. [14] In 2011, it opened a Culinary Innovation Center at its headquarters in Aurora, Illinois. [15] In 2013, it established DaOSI in collaboration with Doyoo Group. [16] In 2016, it acquired a former Tyson Foods plant in Chicago for $7.4 million. [17]