Smithfield Foods responds to settlement with Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, noting prevalence of identity theft, fraud in U.S. labor force.
Poultry processing’s 2023 incident rate of 2.6 represents an 89% decrease from 1994, the oldest data available on the BLS website when the recorded rate was 22.7.
Incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses within the sector’s workforce falls below all general industry, manufacturing and food manufacturing levels.