Trump’s faux ‘populism,’ Big Meat and Covid collide — with tragic results

“A new report offers an enraging look at the fundamentally fraudulent — and sometimes deadly — nature of Trump-style “populism.””

Trump Is Ready to Let Tyson Foods Work People to Death

Workers!

‘The Food Supply Chain Is Breaking.’ Tyson Foods Warns of Meat Shortage as Plants Close Due to COVID-19

Smithfield Foods To Close Sioux Falls Plant Indefinitely Amid COVID-19

Monmouth’s Smithfield meat plant shuts down assembly lines due to COVID-19 outbreak

Smithfield Foods closing 2 more facilities after COVID-19 forces shutdown of major plant

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Inspectors warn unsafe pork could make its way to consumers under Trump rule change

7 Things You May Not Know About “The Jungle”

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The USDA Publishes Final Rule to Deregulate Meat Inspection, Jeopardizing Food Safety

Exclusive: FDA enforcement actions plummet under Trump

A new USDA rule gives pork producers more control. That could endanger consumers.

Trump administration allows pork slaughterhouses to have fewer USDA inspectors

Trump’s Plan to Privatize Pork Inspections Called ‘a Recipe for Disaster’ as Consumer Safety Groups Sue USDA

U.S. worker, food-safety advocates sound alarm over new hog slaughter rules