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Pigging out! Wild video shows lawmakers hurl innards in beef over US pork
Footage showed some of the members sporting rain jackets to dump the swine guts as opposing lawmakers attempted to form a protective barrier around Su.
Tyson suspends plant managers over claims of COVID-19 betting pool
The company’s president and CEO, Dean Banks, said he was “extremely upset” about the allegations against managers at the Waterloo, Iowa plant -- adding that a law firm had been...
Tyson Foods manager had sadistic COVID-19 betting pool: suit
The manager of a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Iowa organized a winner-take-all betting pool for supervisors to wager on how many workers at the facility would contract COVID-19...
UK faces bacon shortage amid COVID-19 outbreak in Denmark
God save the bacon. The UK is facing an impending bacon shortage after the British government restricted travel from Denmark, which supplies 25 percent of all pork products sold in...
Person diagnosed with rare strain of swine flu in Canada
A rare strain of swine flu was reported in a human in the Canadian province of Alberta, health officials there announced this week. A confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N2)v,...
Woman calls cops over meat from store that she thought was a penis
Weiner and beans, anyone? An Ohio woman bought a package of what she thought was smoked turkey tails at a supermarket – but thought she got the shaft when she...
Outbreak at Iowa pork plant was larger than state reported
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected...
Impossible Foods will sell to consumers as plant-based meat market skyrockets
Impossible Foods said on Thursday it will sell plant-based meat burgers in the US directly to consumers through its own Web site, as demand for vegan alternatives surge amid rising...
Tyson Foods to close Iowa pork plant amid coronavirus outbreak
Tyson Foods plans to temporarily close an Iowa pork plant where nearly a quarter of the workers have caught the novel coronavirus.
Slicing off-the-books pork for New York politicians
One of the state’s most notorious pork-barrel pipelines hit new lows in the just-ended fiscal year, report the government watchdogs at the Empire Center: $152 million spent on local projects...
Pork exports to China soar even as coronavirus shuts meat plants
American producers continued shipping massive loads of pork to China -- even as the coronavirus crisis choked the US's meat supply, a new report says. Pork exports to China have...
Missouri sees record number of new coronavirus cases as state reopens
Missouri reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in one day Monday — the same day that the state reopened for some businesses. The state saw an increase of...
Pork producers slowly bring back workers with partitions, temperature tests
A South Dakota pork processing plant took its first steps toward reopening Monday after being shuttered for over two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak that infected more than 800...
You don't wanna know where these little piggies are going
Pig farmers are reportedly killing piglets and giving sows abortions as the coronavirus crisis upends the American meat industry. Some farmers have resorted to such measures as they run low...
Meat workers say they aren't allowed to cover mouths to sneeze
Smithfield Foods is driving workers at a Missouri pork plant so hard during the coronavirus crisis that they can't even cover their mouths to sneeze, a new lawsuit says. The...
Tyson Foods shutting largest pork plant over coronavirus outbreak
Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation’s pork supply but had been devastated by a growing coronavirus outbreak. The company said that...
Pork producers could euthanize hogs to offset financial losses from coronavirus
DES MOINES, Iowa – From exports to wholesaling and grocery stores, pork farmers across the country have profited over $20 billion per year from pigs – but they’ve needed to...
The world's largest pork processor warns US may see meat shortages soon
CHICAGO — Smithfield Foods, the world's biggest pork processor, said Sunday it will shut a US plant indefinitely due to a rash of coronavirus cases among employees and warned the...
Pulled Pork: Feds nab traveler with 'prohibited pork' stashed in noodle cups
Agents from US Customs and Border Protection confiscated more than two pounds of prohibited pork products that an airline passenger from Vietnam had hidden in cups of noodles at a...
Vegas goes hog wild for Impossible Pork
A year after stealing the show at CES with its faux-beef burger, Impossible Foods is back at the annual technology bash to prove it’s not a one-trick pony. The plant-based...