When COVID-19 outbreaks forced mass shutdowns of large slaughterhouses last year, it led to an overwhelming surge in demand for small meat processors in Wisconsin. Many of those operations remain ...
A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old operated hazardous meat processing equipment, in violation of child labor laws, at a Minnesota factory run by the national food manufacturer Monogram Food Solutions LLC ...
In July, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $500 million in new funds to expand meat processing capacity across the U.S., funds designed to be used to help small and medium processing operations.