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Meat and poultry processing facilities are checked by federal inspectors at least once during every shift that a plant is in operation, according to a Food Safety and Inspection Service spokesperson.
On January 9, 1992, United States Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin set a deadline of 90 days for North Carolina state officials to improve enforcement of job safety and health regulations, or federal agencies would take over. [126] The North Carolina General Assembly passed 14 new worker safety laws as a result, including whistleblower protections.
The largest pork processing plant in the world is the Smithfield facility in Tar Heel, North Carolina. The plant employs 4,500 workers. [117] On May 1, 2020, local health officials announced that 53 of the workers at the plant has tested positive for coronavirus. [118] By May 7, that number had grown to 76 workers infected. [117]
Within the meat production industry, "meatpacking" is defined as "all manufacturing of meat products including the processing of animals." [1] This includes production of beef, pork, poultry, and fish. [1] The scope of the American meat production industry is large; it slaughters and processes over 10 billion animals per year. [4]
Initially reported without a product list on Oct. 9 as a recall for 9,986,245 pounds of meat and poultry due to possible listeria contamination, the number rose on Wednesday to include an ...
More than 11.7 million pounds of meat and poultry ready-to-eat food products have been recalled as a result of the listeria outbreak at the southern Oklahoma-based plant BrucePac, shown Thursday ...
The department hosts the annual North Carolina State Fair.. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is responsible for promoting agriculture in the state and enforcing various health and safety regulations through the implementation of over 75 laws and programs.
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