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Businesses found guilty of corporate manslaughter and the most serious food crimes will face tougher fines under new guidelines published today (November 3).
International Paper failed to supply a 57-year-old employee with fire-resistant clothing and did not train him and other staff on the physical hazards of combustible fly ash, according to a report by the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety...
An employee of a contract sanitation company has died after reportedly falling into a piece of equipment he was cleaning at a Tyson Foods poultry plant in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
An Ontario, Canada court has levied a $70,000 fine against tomato processor Sun-Brite Foods, after a seasonal cannery worker was seriously injured while cleaning the plant.
International Paper Co. is facing $85,000 fines after a 24-year-old temporary maintenance worker suffered burns and was hospitalized, after he was electrocuted at its factory in Madison, Ohio.
From a mass outbreak of food poisoning at a Food Safety Summit to beef from Walmart, allegedly laced with LSD, and the death of a man found inside an industrial mixer at a fortune cookie plant, we bring you the top five health and safety stories of the...
A judge has reduced the proposed penalty issued to a chicken processor by the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Burrows Paper has come under fire from the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for repeat violations over a five year period.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is proposing fines approaching $112,000 against Packaging Corporation America for allegedly failing to protect its workers from amputation and other serious hazards.
Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corp. has been fined for failing to correct previously identified serious safety violations found at a kosher poultry processing facility.
Acadian Fine Foods, which specializes in producing meat and poultry products, has been cited for 16 safety and health violations by OSHA, carrying up to $121,660 in fines.
Schwan’s is refuting claims by the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that it is in breach of 32 serious safety and health violations at its Atlanta factory.
The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has found Schwan's Global Supply Chain, which manufactures frozen foods including Red Baron pizza and Mrs. Smith's desserts, in breach of 32 serious safety...
SGS has strengthened its environmental and industrial operations in the UK, describing the market as “very important” and predicted future growth in the region.
De Queen poultry plant, owned by Pilgrim’s Pride, will be fined $170,000 by the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for exposing workers to dangerous chemicals, including anhydrous ammonia in refrigerators.
Berry Plastics has been cited for six safety violations and placed in a severe violator enforcement program after a US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection.
The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a food flavouring company and a processing plant for safety violations.
UK food manufacturer Cranswick Country Foods paid £10,000 in fines after one of its workers fractured his skull and was left partially deaf following a three-metre fall.
MVP Kosher Foods has been cited for 21 violations by the US Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) despite ceasing operations at the site a month ago.
Quail International was cited for 23 violations totalling more than US$92,000 (€75,000) by the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Pinnacle Foods Group has had fines totalling US$156,700 (€124,583) proposed by the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
US federal authorities must show more urgency in dealing with bisphenol A (BPA) and begin protecting the public from hazards posed by the chemical, according to a new report from a group of academics.
An international packaging company has been ordered to pay almost £10,000 after a breach in health and safety regulations led to one of its workers losing the majority of their fingers on one hand.
French concerns over bisphenol A (BPA) have not been dispelled in the wake of the opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that the chemical poses no health risk through dietary exposure, said France’s food safety agency.
US companies that discriminate against food safety whistle blowers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, an occupational safety body has promised.
A chicken processor in the UK has been ordered to pay £6,500 (€7,600) for flouting health and safety laws after a worker was involved in a serious accident at its plant.
