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In North Carolina, Mountaire poultry workers say an unknown chemical is making them sick

10.18.2021
Tina Vasquez
USDA study shows working conditions in meatpacking plants likely drove coronavirus outbreaks
10.13.2021
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America + Madison McVan
GRAPHIC: Meat prices increasing faster than other goods, government data shows
09.24.2021
by Madison McVan
Lab-grown meat is supposed to be inevitable. The science tells a different story.
09.22.2021
by Joe Fassler
NYC food pantries strive to serve Muslim communities with halal meat
09.16.2021
by Nadia Batool Bokhari
African swine fever has reached the Western Hemisphere for the first time in 40 years. USDA hopes to prevent it from moving any further
09.02.2021
by H. Claire Brown
Tyson has a stranglehold over Arkansas’s poultry industry
08.23.2021
by Olivia Paschal
OSHA reverses course, urges universal masking for restaurants, meat processing plants, and other indoor workplaces
08.18.2021
by Jessica Fu
‘Is this legal?’: Why an obscure meat data company has been sued nearly 100 times for facilitating anti-competitive behavior
08.02.2021
by Eli Hoff
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