TAR HEEL, N.C. (WTVD) -- A week after Smithfield Foods closed its South Dakota pork processing plant--one of the largest in the country, one worker at the company's North Carolina facility said she is concerned for her health and safety on the job.A representative with the packing plant said out of respect for its employees,…
(WXYZ) — Beaumont employees have been blowing the whistle on everything from hazard pay to patient care, and now some are upset about boxes of personal protective equipment (PPE) found in a local warehouse.They’ve also been demanding answers about the future of Beaumont Wayne Hospital, which has been emptied of patients.Employees from Beaumont Wayne Hospital…
SUMMER: THE GROCER HAD INITIALLY ASKED ITS ASSOCIATES NOT TO WEAR THEM, BUT AS WESH 2’S AMANDA DUKES REPORTS, THE COMPANY HAS NOW CHANGED ITS MIND AMANDA: PUBLIX STORE POLICY DID NOT ALLOW EMPLOYEES WHO DON’T NORMALLY WEAR GLOVES OR MASKS TO WEAR THEM AS PROTECTION FROM THE CORONAVIRUS. BUT IN AN EMAIL TO WESH…
For 20 years I have been saying some version of the same thing about leafy greens and cattle. Water runs downhill. Cows poop. Lettuce grows at the bottom of the hill. Now FDA’s own scientists have put real numbers on it, and they deserve credit for doing it. A new paper in the Journal of Food
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that