International Business News - Slaughterhouse http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Immigration agents had barely left Postville when word hit Perry, about 200 miles to the southwest, that another raid was coming. The rumor, which turned out to be false, spread like prairie fire through this central Iowa city's Hispanic community, reflecting a new reality for many small towns that can't be shaken. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/116342-slaughterhouse-raid-worries.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/town-wonders-if-its-next-to-face-immigration-raid.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/town-wonders-if-its-next-to-face-immigration-raid.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:10:20 EDT The Iowa meatpacking plant that was the site of a large immigration raid this spring was accused Friday of 31 new and repeat safety violations, state labor officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/iowa-meatpacking-plant-cited-for-safety-violations.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:03:51 EDT Luisa Lopez says no one asked about her age when she started working at the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant. She was 17, and within days she was on a fast-moving poultry production line, wielding a long, sharp pair of scissors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/former-child-workers-describe-perilous-environment.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:25:41 EDT Luisa Lopez says no one asked about her age when she started working at the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant. She was 17, and within days she was on a fast-moving poultry production line, wielding a long, sharp pair of scissors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/former-child-workers-describe-perilous-environment.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:56:08 EDT A kosher meatpacking company accused of violating Iowa child labor laws denied knowingly hiring any minors and said Wednesday that the government's allegations are "inflammatory." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/104211-agriprocessors-child-labor.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/agriprocessors-reacts-to-child-labor-allegations.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/agriprocessors-reacts-to-child-labor-allegations.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:46:36 EDT Iowa labor officials said Tuesday that they had uncovered dozens of child labor violations at the nation's biggest supplier of kosher meat. Officials from the state's Labor Commissioner's Office said their investigation, which spanned several months, uncovered 57 cases of child labor law violations at the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, where nearly 400 workers were arrested this spring in the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/agriprocessors-cited-for-child-labor-violations.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:43:42 EDT Two decades ago, the Rubashkin family of Brooklyn opened up a kosher slaughterhouse amid the cornfields of Iowa--not exactly a center of Jewish culture. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/kosher-slaughterhouse-owners-surrounded-by-scandal.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:16:41 EDT Consumers may be told if their local grocery store got tainted meat during a recall under a new policy announced Friday by the Agriculture Department. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89647-food-safety.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/ag-dept-to-announce-recall-rule.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/ag-dept-to-announce-recall-rule.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:52:08 EDT A former California slaughterhouse worker caught on undercover video abusing sick and injured cows has pleaded no contest to animal cruelty charges. Daniel Ugarte Navarro entered the plea Friday in San Bernardino County Superior Court to two felony counts of animal cruelty. He also pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to downed animals. He could get up to a year in jail when sentenced on Aug. 25. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/calif-worker-pleads-in-slaughterhouse-abuse-case.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:06:24 EDT Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced Tuesday a total ban on the slaughter at meat plants of cows too sick or weak to stand. The planned change comes in the wake of the nation's largest beef recall. It would shut down an exception _ which critics call a loophole _ that allows a small number of so-called "downer" cattle into the food supply if they pass veterinary inspection. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/new-ag-rule-closing-downer-cow-slaughter-loophole.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 15:47:36 EDT A government inspection of slaughterhouses found significant problems with the treatment of cattle and two of the nation's largest beef processors _ both of which provide meat for the National School Lunch Program _ were slapped with humane handling violations. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43001-slaughterhouse-abuse.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/2-beef-processors-are-cited-for-humane-violations.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/2-beef-processors-are-cited-for-humane-violations.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:49:44 EDT A government inspection of slaughterhouses found significant problems with the treatment of cattle and two of the nation's largest beef processors _ both of which provide meat for the National School Lunch Program _ were slapped with humane handling violations. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/42959-slaughterhouse-abuse.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/ap-exclusive-2-beef-processors-cited-for-humane-violations.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/ap-exclusive-2-beef-processors-cited-for-humane-violations.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:10:52 EDT In a significant reversal, the meat industry is backing a total ban on so-called downer cattle from entering the food supply. Calls for such a ban have come from watchdog groups in the wake of the massive beef recall from a Southern California slaughterhouse. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/in-change-industry-groups-back-downer-cow-ban.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:28:55 EDT A judge has refused to dismiss charges against a former southern California slaughterhouse worker caught on video abusing sick cows. Superior Court Judge Gerard Brown rejected arguments Thursday tha... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080418/dismissal-of-calif-slaughterhouse-abuse-charges-rejected.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:02:19 EDT The head of the union that represents 6,000 federal food inspectors told a congressional committee Thursday that the Agriculture Department tried to intimidate him and other employees who reported vi... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/union-head-claims-usda-tried-to-intimidate-employees.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:46:23 EDT When an animal with untrimmed horns got stuck in a chute at a California cattle slaughterhouse, employees electrically prodded it repeatedly to get it to move, according to a congressional report on ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/new-abuse-detailed-at-slaughterhouse.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:08:05 EDT The number of mysterious neurological illnesses among workers who processed pig brains at pork plants in three states has grown to as many as 24, and other possible cases are being evaluated, researc... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080416/illnesses-rise-among-plant-workers-who-handled-pig-brains.htm Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:24:40 EDT The federal government said Thursday it has billed a California slaughterhouse more than $67 million for expenses associated with the largest beef recall in U.S. history. The Department of Agricultu... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080410/slaughterhouse-gets-67m-recall-bill.htm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:49:08 EDT A lawyer for a man caught on video dragging sick cows and shocking them at a Southern California slaughterhouse has asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges against his client, arguing that he bears... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/socal-beef-worker-wants-charges-dropped.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:37:25 EDT A federal audit of 18 beef slaughterhouses after the nation's largest beef recall has found humane handling violations in three of them. One plant was temporarily suspended. The audit by the Depart... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/usda-finds-violations-in-slaughterhouses.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:12:20 EDT