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Meet the uber-wealthy families who control much of the food system in the US and Australia
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Meet the uber-wealthy families who control much of the food system in the US and Australia

ABC  

Austin Frerick's interest in mega-rich farmers began in 2018, while he was perched on a stool in a hipster dive bar in Iowa during a competitive local political campaign. Frerick says the other advantage of the family's anonymity is that "it's actually really, really hard to find out what they own, how much they own, where they operate". The grocery …

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Meat plant cleaning service fined $1.5M for hiring minors
1 year, 10 months ago

Meat plant cleaning service fined $1.5M for hiring minors

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday as it announced over $1.5 million in civil penalties. Over the past three years, children were found to be using caustic cleaning chemicals and cleaning …

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Sysco accuses 4 largest beef processors of price fixing
2 years, 5 months ago

Sysco accuses 4 largest beef processors of price fixing

Associated Press  

— The nation’s largest food distributor has joined the other businesses accusing the four largest meat processors of working together to inflate beef prices. The Sysco Corp. lawsuit said the companies’ coordinated efforts to limit the number of cattle slaughtered drove down the price meat processors paid ranchers while propping up beef prices, boosting profits for the meat producers, who …

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JBS Foods cyber attack highlights industry vulnerabilities to Russian hackers
2 years, 6 months ago

JBS Foods cyber attack highlights industry vulnerabilities to Russian hackers

ABC  

Australia's food supply is uniquely vulnerable to cyber attacks, the director of a national cybersecurity firm warns, as he calls for the industry to raise its standards on the anniversary of the JBS ransomware hack. Key points: The head of a national cybersecurity firm warns Australia's food supply is uniquely vulnerable to hacking and pandemic-scale shutdowns The food industry was …

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Largest meat producer getting back online after cyberattack
3 years, 6 months ago

Largest meat producer getting back online after cyberattack

Associated Press  

DETROIT — The world’s largest meat processing company has resumed most production after a weekend cyberattack, but experts say the vulnerabilities exposed by this attack and others are far from resolved. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday the U.S. is considering all options in dealing with the attack and that President Joe Biden intends to confront Russia’s leader, …

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Meat producer JBS says expects most plants working Wednesday
3 years, 6 months ago

Meat producer JBS says expects most plants working Wednesday

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — A ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat processing company disrupted production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. Brazil’s JBS SA, however, said late Tuesday that it had made “significant progress” in dealing with the cyberattack and expects the “vast majority” of its plants to be operating on …

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