September 14, 2020

MORE MEATPACKING FINES: Worker safety regulators on Friday night issued a roughly $15,000 fine against JBS for failing to protect employees from Covid-19 at the Brazilian-owned company’s slaughterhouse in Greeley, Colo. It’s the second financial penalty against a major meatpacker, after Smithfield Foods was dinged $13,500 for safety shortfalls at a South Dakota plant — but critics say the fines are so modest that they won’t be an effective deterrent, the Washington Post reports.