CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Monday it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly, raising concerns among advocacy ...

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota -- Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced Sunday that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls until further notice after hundreds of employees tested ...

Union workers at the JBS pork processing plant in Worthington this week ratified a new contract, which they say addresses critical safety concerns on the production line. The employees, represented by ...

Large meatpacking plants are emerging as hotbeds for the spread of the potentially fatal Covid-19 virus. In the latest case, Austin-based Hormel Foods Corp. confirmed Tuesday that employees at its ...