In response to JBS’s efforts to list on the NYSE, a new group, Ban the Batistas has surfaced, working to sound the alarm for U.S. markets and agriculture.
As a result of a crackdown on child labor issues, JBS announced earlier this year that they’d be bringing some of their sanitation services in-house.
JBS USA has ended their contracts with Packer Sanitation Services, a company fined for hiring minors to clean meat plants.
According to a suit filed just after Thanksgiving, fast food giant Mcdonalds is suing a group of pork industry producers for price fixing.
The nation’s largest beef packing plants are being sued by industry giant Sysco Foods – accusing the companies of suppressing cattle numbers to inflate beef prices. The federal lawsuit was filed in Texas, naming Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill, and National Beef
JBS USA has agreed to pay a $52.5 million settlement over allegations of conspiring to limit the supply of the U.S. beef market in order to boost profits.
On Sunday, JBS USA — one of the largest meat processors in the world — was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack.
Tuesday evening President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that ordered meat processing plants to remain open, declaring them critical infrastructure.
JBS USA announced the indefinite closure of the Worthington, Minnesota, pork production facility that processes 20,000 hogs per day.