Another full slate of stories this week: an update on Triumph Foods, a follow up to our story on Seresto flea collars, opinion from Dave Dickey on Bayer's glyphosate settlement offer, a graphic on dicamba vs glyphosate and a follow up on COVID on Campus.
By Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, and Rachel Axon, USA TODAY | March 11, 2021
Triumph Foods failed to protect its workers in the critical months leading up to a COVID-19 outbreak at its giant pork plant in St. Joseph, Missouri, last year, safety inspectors found.
At least 600 workers tested positive for the coronavirus and four have died. But the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which conducted the inspection, did not fine the company.
The inspectors’ conclusions are in an inspection summary obtained by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and USA TODAY through a Freedom of Information Act request. The document confirms much of what the news outlets reported in November: In March and April 2020, the company failed to take necessary steps to protect workers.
