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Jennie-O Turkey Store is a brand name of turkey products. It is now a subsidiary of the Hormel Foods Corporation in Willmar, Minnesota. [20] The company was founded by Earl B. Olson in 1940, when he began raising turkeys. In 1949, he bought the former Farmers Produce Company of Willmar and its turkey-processing plant. [21]
In 1968, the company began operating its first poultry processing plant in Salisbury. [4] This move had two effects: it gave Perdue Farms full vertical integration and quality control over every step from egg and feed to market, [ 4 ] as well as increasing profits which were being squeezed by processors. [ 1 ]
The list comprises companies that are all slaughtering chicken and most of them additionally other poultry such as turkey and ducks. The companies are also active in meat processing and packing as well as the production of meat products such as sausages. [1]
A meat processing plant in Durant finds itself at the center of a nationwide recall of nearly 12 million pounds of meat and poultry products distributed to a vast number of retailers, institutions ...
The plant was converted to a poultry, including chickens and turkeys, slaughter facility in 1946 and refocused by Rich's sons, Norman and Martin, on turkey in 1949. [2] The plant was first expanded in 1960. Oscar Mayer acquired the plant, through its purchase of Louis Rich, Inc., in 1979 and used it for turkey production until selling the plant ...
In 1982, the company bought the property of The Grange Company and its branch, Valchris Poultry. [4] After this purchase the company re-entered the turkey business and began to produce deli products under the Foster Farms name. By the 1980s, Foster Farms had many new products to offer, such as bologna, poultry franks and luncheon meats. [5]
Worker deaths at poultry processing plants are relatively rare: Federal fatality data show that there were 14 poultry processing deaths nationwide in 2021 and eight in 2022.
A meat processing plant in High River, Alberta located about 37 miles (60 km) south of the city of Calgary, is the site of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in North America, [23] [4] [24] with two deaths, 946 employees who tested positive, and with links to 1,560 cases in Alberta by May 6. [23] The plant employs 2,000 people. [5]