Both Sanders, in connection with their livestock dealer operations, failed to keep and maintain records which fully and correctly disclosed all the transactions involved in their businesses.

An investigation by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service revealed that from May 2021 through July 2021 and February 2022 through April 2022, Walnut created false and misleading records in connection with its livestock selling activities.

Meat processing businesses can expect the challenging labor market to continue, along with increased federal regulatory oversight regarding employees.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation (against California’s Proposition 12, which bans the sale of pork from hogs born to sows that weren’t raised according to the state’s production standards.

Owner of former Shorthorn Meats in Flint ordered to repay $4.4 million.