TYSON FOODS: Under Probation Following OSHA Violation Plea Bargain

Tyson Foods Inc. disclosed in its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that on June 16, 2009, the company was sentenced under a plea agreement in connection to OSHA regulations violations.

In August…

TYSON FOODS: Review on Mexican Unit Payments Still Ongoing

Tyson Foods Inc. disclosed in its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the review being conducted on certain payments made by one of its subsidiaries in Mexico is still ongoing.

The review…

TYSON FOODS: Review of Mexico Subsidiary’s Payments Ongoing

Tyson Foods, Inc. reported that the review being conducted on certain payments made by one of its subsidiaries in Mexico is ongoing.

The review began in November 2006 when the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors engaged outside counsel to…

TYSON FOODS: Reports Filing of 13 Suits in 2008 for False Ads

Tyson Foods, Inc., in its latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q, reported that in 2008, 13 separate lawsuits were filed, with the various plaintiffs alleging that Tyson falsely advertised chicken products as “raised without antibiotics” in violation of various state…

TYSON FOODS: Facing 9 Lawsuits on Poultry Litter Contamination

Tyson Foods, Inc. reported that since 2003, nine lawsuits have been brought against Tyson and several other poultry companies by approximately 150 plaintiffs in Washington County, Arkansas Circuit Court alleging that the land application of poultry litter caused arsenic and…

TYSON FOODS: Guilty Plea on OSHA Violations Entered on Jan. 5

Tyson Foods, Inc., on Jan. 5, 2009, entered a plea of guilty to a misdemeanor charge that it willfully violated the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) regulations resulting in the death of an employee and agreed to pay a…

TYSON FOODS: Review on Payments by Mexican Unit Still Continuing

A review of certain payments that had been made by one of Tyson Foods, Inc.’s subsidiaries in Mexico, including payments to individuals employed by Mexican government bodies, is ongoing.

In November 2006, the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors…

TYSON FOODS: Trial in Poultry Litter Cases to Begin in April ‘09

Tyson Foods, Inc. says that the first of eight poultry litter lawsuits will proceed to trial against the Company and several other poultry company defendants in April 2009.

Between 2003 and 2005, eight lawsuits were brought against the poultry companies by…

TYSON FOODS: Probe on Ark. Plant Employee’s Death Still Ongoing

An investigation into the death of one of Tyson Foods, Inc.’s employees at the River Valley Animal Foods rendering plant in Terarkana, Ark., is ongoing.

In August 2004, the Company received a subpoena requesting the production of documents from a federal…

CAL-MAINE FOODS: Cal-Maine Farms Still Facing 2 Injury Lawsuits

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.’s subsidiary, Cal-Maine Farms, Inc., is a defendant in two personal injury cases in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Ark.

Those cases are styled, McWhorter vs. Alpharma, Inc., et al., and Carroll, et al. vs. Alpharma, Inc., et…