Tyson Foods said on Feb. 15, that it would lift its mask mandate for fully vaccinated employees at certain U.S. facilities, except those working at meatpacking plants for now. The meatpacking company said that its new policy applies to employees at facilities not under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and…

A special House of Representatives panel is probing COVID-19 outbreaks at major meatpacking plants. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis says major companies have shown a disregard for the health of their workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In letters to Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, and JBS USA, Chairman James Clyburn (D-S.C.) accused them of taking actions…

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said at a news conference Monday that illegal immigrants at meatpacking plants won’t be getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Ricketts’s remark came in response to a question if illegal immigrants employed at such facilities would be part of groups of workers getting inoculated under Nebraska’s vaccination program. “Illegal immigrants are not permitted…