meatpacker
Noun
Meaning
meatpacker (plural meatpackers)
A person involved in the meatpacking industry, including slaughtering and meat processing
Synonym: (informal) packer
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Examples
CHICAGO — The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus, making it the first major meatpacker to face a fine after outbreaks at slaughterhouses infected thousands of workers.
According to Shaffer, it is more cost-efficient to buy meat in bulk, and with the large amount of meat used daily, “a local meatpacker might not be able to keep up.”
A Texas meatpacker is recalling several tons of smoked sausage over possible contamination by soft plastic, marking the company's second recall in a month.
The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus, making it the first major U.S. meatpacker to face a fine after outbreaks at slaughterhouses infected thousands of workers.
SAO PAULO – The former chairman of the world’s largest meatpacker, whose testimony implicated Brazil’s president in corruption, turned himself in to police Sunday after the country’s Supreme Court ordered his arrest.
US labor authorities have fined Smithfield Packaged Meats Corporation for failing to protect employees from exposure to coronavirus — the government’s first Covid-19-related citation for a meatpacker.